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Clarify that:

  • node-gyp is not used to build Node.js
  • PYTHON can be used to add a Python search path
  • NODE_GYP_FORCE_PYTHON can be used to override all Python search paths
  • That a compatible Python is searched for
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Note that this is not semver-major, what it documents is equally true for 5.x and 6.x, since they are both compatible with the same Python versions, and the docs don't say in which order it searches for Pythons.

Clarify that:
- node-gyp is not used to build Node.js
- PYTHON can be used to add a Python search path
- NODE_GYP_FORCE_PYTHON can be used to override all Python search paths
- That a compatible Python is searched for
rvagg pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 4, 2019
Clarify that:
- node-gyp is not used to build Node.js
- PYTHON can be used to add a Python search path
- NODE_GYP_FORCE_PYTHON can be used to override all Python search paths
- That a compatible Python is searched for

PR-URL: #1908
Reviewed-By: Christian Clauss <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Rod Vagg <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: João Reis <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <[email protected]>
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rvagg commented Oct 4, 2019

landed in b1bf32e, and will backport

@rvagg rvagg closed this Oct 4, 2019
rvagg pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 4, 2019
Clarify that:
- node-gyp is not used to build Node.js
- PYTHON can be used to add a Python search path
- NODE_GYP_FORCE_PYTHON can be used to override all Python search paths
- That a compatible Python is searched for

PR-URL: #1908
Reviewed-By: Christian Clauss <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Rod Vagg <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: João Reis <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <[email protected]>
@cclauss cclauss added the Python label Oct 4, 2019
rvagg pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 4, 2019
Clarify that:
- node-gyp is not used to build Node.js
- PYTHON can be used to add a Python search path
- NODE_GYP_FORCE_PYTHON can be used to override all Python search paths
- That a compatible Python is searched for

PR-URL: #1908
Reviewed-By: Christian Clauss <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Rod Vagg <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: João Reis <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <[email protected]>
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