rpmbuild brp-python-bytecompile does not honor %{__python} in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Solution In Progress - Updated 2024-06-13T22:06:58+00:00 -

Issue

I'm using a custom python interpreter, which is not /usr/bin/python.
The expectation is that rpmbuild uses the custom python interpreter for brp-python-bytecompile by defining %{__python}.
But %{__python} was not honored, and /usr/bin/python was used for brp-python-bytecompile.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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