Bootstrap with old Python

[Jeffrey Walton]

Hi Everyone,

I'm testing Wget2. I believe it uses Gnulib from master.

Older Python does not respond to 'python --version':

Unknown option: --
usage: python [option] ... [-c cmd | file | -] [arg] ...
Try `python -h' for more information.
./bootstrap: Error: 'python' not found

'python -V' produces expected error messages, but it requires a patch
of bootstrap:

./bootstrap: Error: 'python' version == Python 2.3.4 is too old
./bootstrap:        'python' version >= 2 is required
./bootstrap: Please install the prerequisite programs

Also see https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2020-08/msg00008.html.

Jeff