From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2023 14:26:25 +0000 (-0300)
Subject: test: Guess a value for NOTMUCH_PYTHON
X-Git-Tag: 0.38_rc0~11
X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?p=notmuch;a=commitdiff_plain;h=73f3081160fb80345f3953cbdeba340975375325;hp=f6fcdf12da455d82a9ed0a0a33eddac60253a6e8

test: Guess a value for NOTMUCH_PYTHON

python3 will work for many people, and reduce the friction to running
the tests without running configure first.
---

diff --git a/test/test-lib-common.sh b/test/test-lib-common.sh
index 18fa29c0..4d14e0b3 100644
--- a/test/test-lib-common.sh
+++ b/test/test-lib-common.sh
@@ -323,6 +323,10 @@ rm -rf "$TMP_DIRECTORY" || {
 	exit 1
 }
 
+# Provide a guess at a usable Python, to support running tests without
+# running configure first.
+NOTMUCH_PYTHON=${NOTMUCH_PYTHON-python3}
+
 # A temporary home directory is needed by at least:
 # - emacs/"Sending a message via (fake) SMTP"
 # - emacs/"Reply within emacs"