From 9d5846f780a8b679306ee7accd2580a004c3d981 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrei Pavel <andrei@isc.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:15:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [#3731] Update meson.sh

---
 meson.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/meson.sh b/meson.sh
index 43efbdf69e..0b3521e279 100755
--- a/meson.sh
+++ b/meson.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if test ! -d venv; then
         if command -V compgen >/dev/null; then
             # shellcheck disable=SC3044
             # SC3044 (warning): In POSIX sh, 'compgen' is undefined.
-            newer=$(compgen -c python3 | sort -V | tail -n 1)
+            newer=$(compgen -c python3 | grep -E '^python3.[0-9]+$' | sort -V | tail -n 1)
             if test -n "${newer}"; then
                 python3="${newer}"
             fi