Re: Python installation selection in Meson

Hi,

On 2023-11-28 19:02:42 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> I noticed that under meson, the selection of the Python installation using
> the 'PYTHON' option doesn't work completely.  The 'PYTHON' option determined
> the Python binary that will be used to call the various build support
> programs.  But it doesn't affect the Python installation used for PL/Python.
> For that, we need to pass the program determined by the 'PYTHON' option back
> into the find_installation() routine of the python module.  (Otherwise,
> find_installation() will just search for an installation on its own.)  See
> attached patch.  I ran this through Cirrus, seems to work.

Makes sense!

Greetings,

Andres Freund