Allow `python3` as value for the `--python_path` flag.

 Resolves issue https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/4146

Closes #4147.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 177803394

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/python/BazelPythonConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/python/BazelPythonConfiguration.java
index d43bcfce3f..5c504b8477 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/python/BazelPythonConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/python/BazelPythonConfiguration.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public class BazelPythonConfiguration extends BuildConfiguration.Fragment {
           = new BazelPythonConfiguration(buildOptions.get(Options.class));
 
       String pythonPath = pythonConfiguration.getPythonPath();
-      if (!pythonPath.equals("python") && !PathFragment.create(pythonPath).isAbsolute()) {
+      if (!pythonPath.startsWith("python") && !PathFragment.create(pythonPath).isAbsolute()) {
         throw new InvalidConfigurationException(
             "python_path must be an absolute path when it is set.");
       }