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| author | Noel Power <noel.power@suse.com> | 2018-12-11 12:13:34 +0000 |
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| committer | Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org> | 2018-12-14 00:51:33 +0100 |
| commit | 0756b59f810ee9d4bf9b6d5eac02d8951751ff79 (patch) | |
| tree | 6fe8bb6278bb3738c629fbb489dfeef461006fd6 /WHATSNEW.txt | |
| parent | 9116cc8cc81dd96ed6c303577c9e66fb3a10db3e (diff) | |
| download | samba-0756b59f810ee9d4bf9b6d5eac02d8951751ff79.tar.gz | |
WHATSNEW: document build system default python version change.
build now uses python3 by default instead of python2
Signed-off-by: Noel Power <noel.power@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>
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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 0d7aed0c27e..ffbd48b040e 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -84,6 +84,27 @@ parameter. The default value of 0, indicates there is no limit. The limit is applied individually to netlogon and ldap. When the process limit is exceeded Samba drops new connections immediately. +python3 support +--------------- + +The version of python which is now the default for samba is python3. +'configure' & 'make' will execute using python3. It is possible to still +specify an additional python version with '--extra-python' +e.g. '--extra-python=/usr/bin/python2'. It should be noted that support for +this option will be deprecated in a future release. + +What if I need to build with python2? To build with python2 you *must* set +the 'PYTHON' environent variable to override the python3 default for both +'configure' and 'make' steps. + + 'PYTHON=python2 ./configure.developer' +& + 'PYTHON=python2 make' + +Note: Support for python2 (with the exception of a build configured with + 'PYTHON=python2 ./configure --disable-python' and built with + 'PYTHON=python2 make' will be deprecated in the next release. + REMOVED FEATURES ================ |