https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/-/issues/350

From d459d32126119c8d78f8239b8b857a255e6005d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 May 2021 08:31:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] meson: Find python explicitly to honor downstream python
 choice

---
 meson.build     | 1 +
 src/meson.build | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4f5a7c57..6404802f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ pango_dep    = dependency('pango',      version: '>=' + pango_req_version)
 pcre2_dep    = dependency('libpcre2-8', version: '>=' + pcre2_req_version)
 pthreads_dep = dependency('threads')
 zlib_dep     = dependency('zlib')
+python       = import('python').find_installation('python3')
 
 if get_option('fribidi')
   fribidi_dep = dependency('fribidi', version: '>=' + fribidi_req_version)
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index a1440da5..4ac6a7f2 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ modes_sources = files(
 modes_sources += custom_target(
   'modes',
   command: [
+    python,
     files('modes.py'),
     '--destdir', '@OUTDIR@',
   ],
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ parser_sources = files(
 parser_sources += custom_target(
   'parser-seq',
   command: [
+    python,
     files('parser-seq.py'),
     '--destdir', '@OUTDIR@',
   ],
-- 
2.26.3