[Python-apps-team] Bug#948610: mercurial: calls python instead of python2

[Gianfranco Costamagna]

Source: mercurial
Version: 5.2.2-1
Severity: serious
tags: patch

Hello, the following patch should make the package compile with python binary removed from the system:

--- mercurial-5.2.2/debian/rules	2020-01-10 08:14:46.000000000 +0000
+++ mercurial-5.2.2/debian/rules	2020-01-10 08:14:48.000000000 +0000
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 %:
 	dh $@ --with python2,bash-completion
 
+export PYTHON=python2
 PYVERS=$(shell pyversions -vs)
 PYVER_DEFAULT=$(shell pyversions -vd)
 DEB_HOST_ARCH := $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH)
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 	http_proxy='' dh_auto_test -- TESTFLAGS="--verbose --timeout 1440 $(PARALLEL_TEST_JOBS) --blacklist $(CURDIR)/debian/mercurial.test_blacklist"
 	file-rename 's/\.deb-backup$$//' $(CURDIR)/tests/*
 	# run blacklisted tests but ignore their results
-	-cd tests && python run-tests.py --verbose `grep ^test ../debian/mercurial.test_blacklist`
+	-cd tests && python2 run-tests.py --verbose `grep ^test ../debian/mercurial.test_blacklist`
 endif
 
 override_dh_auto_install: $(PYVERS:%=install-python%)

thanks for considering it

Gianfranco