[PATCH] Use the environment variable PYTHON if defined

[Raghavendra D Prabhu]

On systems with python{2,3} installed, perf build can break which can be fixed by
exporting PYTHON to the right value. Added support for PYTHON in the Makefile.
---
 tools/perf/Makefile |    8 ++++++--
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 7141c42..d998221 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ endif
 #
 # Define NO_PERL if you do not want Perl scripts or libraries at all.
 #
+# Define PYTHON to point to python binary if it is not
+# /usr/bin/python, it will be used/called as $PYTHON-config.
+#
 # Define INTERNAL_QSORT to use Git's implementation of qsort(), which
 # is a simplified version of the merge sort used in glibc. This is
 # recommended if Git triggers O(n^2) behavior in your platform's qsort().
@@ -629,10 +632,11 @@ endif
 ifdef NO_LIBPYTHON
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_LIBPYTHON
 else
-       PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS = $(shell python-config --ldflags 2>/dev/null)
+       PYTHON ?= /usr/bin/python
+       PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS = $(shell $(PYTHON)-config --ldflags 2>/dev/null)
        PYTHON_EMBED_LDFLAGS = $(call strip-libs,$(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS))
        PYTHON_EMBED_LIBADD = $(call grep-libs,$(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS))
-	PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS = `python-config --cflags 2>/dev/null`
+	PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS = ` $(PYTHON)-config --cflags 2>/dev/null`
 	FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED=$(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS) $(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS)
 	ifneq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_PYTHON_EMBED),$(FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED)),y)
 		BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_LIBPYTHON
--
1.7.4.1

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