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+# Make python3 the default
+# Remove this stuff if there is ever a python4.
+
+# Debian and Ubuntu have this (prior levels linked to python2)
+PACKAGES_append = " python-is-python3"
+ALLOW_EMPTY_python-is-python3 = "1"
+pkg_postinst_python-is-python3_append() {
+    ln -sf python3 $D/usr/bin/python
+}
+
+pkg_prerm_python-is-python3_append() {
+    if [ -L "$D/usr/bin/python" ] ; then
+        if [ "$(basename $(readlink $D/usr/bin/python))" == "python3" ] ; then
+            rm $D/usr/bin/python
+        fi
+    fi
+}