From 1bbeda0dfc59d1f1605a31a69f411d28162ccb6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Hofstaedtler <chris.hofstaedtler@deduktiva.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 08:45:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] api tests: pick python3 if available

---
 regression-tests.api/runtests | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/regression-tests.api/runtests b/regression-tests.api/runtests
index 47f25f0f12..dac34dd10d 100755
--- a/regression-tests.api/runtests
+++ b/regression-tests.api/runtests
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-PYTHON=${PYTHON:-python2}
-
 if [ ! -d .venv ]; then
-	virtualenv -p ${PYTHON} .venv
+  if [ -z "$PYTHON" ]; then
+    if [ ! -z "$(python3 --version | egrep '^Python 3.[6789]' 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+      # found python3.6 or better
+      PYTHON=python3
+    else
+      # until we have better Linux distribution detection.
+      PYTHON=python2
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  virtualenv -p ${PYTHON} .venv
 fi
 . .venv/bin/activate
 python -V
-- 
2.47.2