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author | scottb <sydtech@gmail.com> | 2016-09-09 16:48:29 -0700 |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2016-09-09 16:48:29 -0700 |
commit | c2f7aff14dc5dee057c43bb04ad52e486392dcbc (patch) | |
tree | 89289d8ba27c577f350dd528c189eb0e3f5a3b45 | |
parent | c87d84f5b8b222de737a249657fd8dfa6509f013 (diff) | |
parent | 2660b310dddb95288c23c94704131e9ca217923c (diff) | |
download | ansible-c2f7aff14dc5dee057c43bb04ad52e486392dcbc.tar.gz |
Merge pull request #17485 from lovmat/clearify_why_using_python2
Clarifying why Ansible still uses Python 2
-rw-r--r-- | docsite/rst/intro_installation.rst | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docsite/rst/intro_installation.rst b/docsite/rst/intro_installation.rst index e9a63cd048..c6666392ab 100644 --- a/docsite/rst/intro_installation.rst +++ b/docsite/rst/intro_installation.rst @@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ You also need Python 2.4 or later. If you are running less than Python 2.5 on th .. note:: - Python 3 is a slightly different language than Python 2 and most Python programs (including - Ansible) are not switching over yet. However, some Linux distributions (Gentoo, Arch) may not have a + Python 3 is a slightly different language than Python 2 and some Python programs (including + Ansible) are not switching over yet. Ansible uses Python 2 in order to maintain compability with older distributions + such as RHEL 5 and RHEL 6. However, some Linux distributions (Gentoo, Arch) may not have a Python 2.X interpreter installed by default. On those systems, you should install one, and set the 'ansible_python_interpreter' variable in inventory (see :doc:`intro_inventory`) to point at your 2.X Python. Distributions like Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Fedora, and Ubuntu all have a 2.X interpreter installed |