Fix env version detection on systems with multiple system Pythons #198
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Most Linux distributions allow installing multiple versions of Python side-by-side, where binaries are installed as `/usr/bin/pythonX.Y` and headers are installed into `/usr/include/pythonX.Y`. On such system PET will look for the first `patchlevel.h` header found in `/usr/include`, which would basically be the first Python version in the directory iteration order. Fix this by only considering versions that match the `MAJOR.MINOR` version found in `pyvenv.cfg` of the environment (if one exists). This is valid, because major Python upgrades almost always require the environment to be re-created.
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Most Linux distributions allow installing multiple versions of
Python side-by-side, where binaries are installed as
/usr/bin/pythonX.Yand headers are installed into
/usr/include/pythonX.Y.On such system PET will look for the first
patchlevel.hheader found in/usr/include, which would basically be the first Python version in thedirectory iteration order.
Fix this by only considering versions that match the
MAJOR.MINORversion found in
pyvenv.cfgof the environment (if one exists). Thisis valid, because major Python upgrades almost always require the
environment to be re-created.