Prefer python2 binary in case python points to python3 Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls diff -uNr libxml2-2.9.1.org/configure.in libxml2-2.9.1/configure.in --- libxml2-2.9.1.org/configure.in 2013-04-19 09:25:20.000000000 +0200 +++ libxml2-2.9.1/configure.in 2014-04-12 14:16:26.579361068 +0200 @@ -748,6 +748,11 @@ PYTHON_TESTS= pythondir= if test "$with_python" != "no" ; then + if test -x "$with_python/bin/python2" + then + echo Found python2 in $with_python/bin/python2 + PYTHON="$with_python/bin/python2" + else if test -x "$with_python/bin/python" then echo Found python in $with_python/bin/python @@ -773,6 +778,7 @@ fi fi fi + fi if test "$PYTHON" != "" then PYTHON_VERSION=`$PYTHON -c "from distutils import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_python_version())"`