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Re: Safest way to set python3 as default for `python`



Stuart Prescott <stuart@debian.org> writes:

> There's a reasonable number of things in /usr/bin with "#!/usr/bin/env
> python" that would be unhappy with this configuration.

I don't think binaries in /usr/bin should be using "#!/usr/bin/env
python". These will also break with virtualenvs. Packaged programs in
Debian should be using /usr/bin/python*.

Having said that, I can confirm you are correct, this does appear to be
common.
-- 
Brian May <bam@debian.org>


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