build: use "python" instead of "python3" as interpreter name

This works regardless whether "python" starts a Python 2 or Python 3
interpreter.

4 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/TOOLS/file2string.py b/TOOLS/file2string.py
index 35c89cb731..6cdd1a72ae 100755
--- a/TOOLS/file2string.py
+++ b/TOOLS/file2string.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 
 # Convert the contents of a file into a C string constant.
 # Note that the compiler will implicitly add an extra 0 byte at the end
diff --git a/TOOLS/matroska.py b/TOOLS/matroska.py
index ab5684f1ed..4a672690b6 100755
--- a/TOOLS/matroska.py
+++ b/TOOLS/matroska.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 """
 Generate C definitions for parsing Matroska files.
 Can also be used to directly parse Matroska files and display their contents.
diff --git a/TOOLS/vdpau_functions.py b/TOOLS/vdpau_functions.py
index 39e38a8bbe..85e6f1d942 100755
--- a/TOOLS/vdpau_functions.py
+++ b/TOOLS/vdpau_functions.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 
 # Generate vdpau_template.c
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d0fedf2d59..f994725791 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1019,8 +1019,8 @@ echocheck "working compiler"
 cflag_check "" || die "Compiler is not functioning correctly. Check your installation and custom CFLAGS $CFLAGS ."
 echo "yes"
 
-echocheck "python3"
-command_check python3 -c '' || die "Python 3 is not functioning correctly. Check your installation and PATH."
+echocheck "python"
+command_check python -c '' || die "Python is not functioning correctly. Check your installation and PATH."
 echo yes
 
 if test -z "$_target" && x86 ; then