[Mesa-dev] [PATCH] docs: Python3 needed for Intel driver

[Jason Ekstrand]

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Ilia Mirkin <imirkin at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Ilia Mirkin <imirkin at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> > On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Brian Paul <brianp at vmware.com> wrote:
> >> ---
> >>  docs/install.html | 5 +++--
> >>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/docs/install.html b/docs/install.html
> >> index 8b349c4..41a7d79 100644
> >> --- a/docs/install.html
> >> +++ b/docs/install.html
> >> @@ -34,8 +34,9 @@
> >>
> >>  <h2>1.1 General</h2>
> >>  <ul>
> >> -<li><a href="http://www.python.org/">Python</a> - Python is required.
> >> -Version 2.6.4 or later should work.
> >> +<li><a href="http://www.python.org/">Python</a> -
> >> +Python 3 is needed if building the Intel i965 driver.
> >
> > Actually that requirement has been forced on everyone for some unknown
> reason.
>
> Specifically:
>
> if test -z "$PYTHON3"; then
>     if test ! -f "$srcdir/src/intel/genxml/gen9_pack.h"; then
>         AC_MSG_ERROR([Python3 not found - unable to generate sources])
>     fi
> fi
>
> Without checking that the intel vulkan stuff is being built. [Or
> perhaps the regular i965 driver needs it anyways now too.]
>

I don't know how that crept in.  Initially just the Vulkan driver required
it.  Now i965 does as well but it should just be intel drivers at the
moment.
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