Description: Fix version identification in Makefile generation for python3.10+
Author: Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@debian.org>
Bug-Origin: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=998682
Last-Updated: 2021-11-27
Forwarded: no

--- a/m4/python.m4
+++ b/m4/python.m4
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$have_python3])
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([$PYTHON version])
-PYTHON_VERSION=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print (sys.version[[:3]])"`
+PYTHON_VERSION=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print (f'{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}')"`
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_VERSION])
 AC_SUBST([PYTHON_VERSION])