fix broken python linking

Author: TheMrIron2

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ jobs:
         echo >> /Users/runner/.bash_profile
         echo 'eval "$(/usr/local/bin/brew shellenv bash)"' >> /Users/runner/.bash_profile
         eval "$(/usr/local/bin/brew shellenv bash)"
-        brew install autoconf automake openssl libelf ncurses zlib gmp wget pkg-config texinfo python@3.11
+        brew install autoconf automake openssl libelf ncurses zlib gmp wget pkg-config texinfo
+        brew install python@3.11 || true
 
     - name: Runs all the stages in the shell
       if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
@@ -48,13 +49,15 @@ jobs:
       shell: arch -x86_64 bash -e {0}
       run: |
         eval "$(/usr/local/bin/brew shellenv bash)"
+        PY311_PREFIX="$(brew --prefix python@3.11)"
 
         # diagnostic - check if the runner is using correct python
         mkdir -p "$PWD/python-shims"
-        ln -sf /usr/local/opt/python@3.11/bin/python3.11 "$PWD/python-shims/python"
-        ln -sf /usr/local/opt/python@3.11/bin/python3.11 "$PWD/python-shims/python3"
-        ln -sf /usr/local/opt/python@3.11/bin/python3.11-config "$PWD/python-shims/python-config"
-        ln -sf /usr/local/opt/python@3.11/bin/python3.11-config "$PWD/python-shims/python3-config"
+        ln -sf "$PY311_PREFIX/bin/python3.11" "$PWD/python-shims/python"
+        ln -sf "$PY311_PREFIX/bin/python3.11" "$PWD/python-shims/python3"
+        ln -sf "$PY311_PREFIX/bin/python3.11-config" "$PWD/python-shims/python-config"
+        ln -sf "$PY311_PREFIX/bin/python3.11-config" "$PWD/python-shims/python3-config"
+        export PATH="$PWD/python-shims:$PY311_PREFIX/bin:$PATH"
         export PATH="$PWD/python-shims:/usr/local/opt/python@3.11/bin:$PATH"
         python3 --version
         python3 -c "import distutils; print(distutils.__file__)"