--- meson.build.orig	2023-08-08 07:40:41.000000000 -0400
+++ meson.build	2023-08-10 07:31:27.000000000 -0400
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 cpp_compiler = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 is_msvc = cpp_compiler.get_id() == 'msvc'
 is_host_windows = host_machine.system() == 'windows'
-python3 = find_program('python3', version: '>=3.5')
+python3 = find_program('@@PYTHON@@', version: '>=3.5')
 
 # Do we build from a git repository?
 # Suppose we do if and only if the meson.build file is tracked by git.