Syntax error when building from android source - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

First of all, I didn't modified any file so it seems that it was already downloaded with syntax error. I followed the instructions from here and here when preparing the building environment. When I run make -j8 I got the error:
FAILED: out/target/common/obj/all-event-log-tags.txt
/bin/bash -c "build/tools/merge-event-log-tags.py -o out/target/common/obj/all-event-log-tags.txt frameworks/base/core/java/android/app/admin/SecurityLogTags.logtags frameworks/base/core/java/android/content/EventLogTags.logtags frameworks/base/core/java/android/net/EventLogTags.logtags frameworks/base/core/java/android/speech/tts/EventLogTags.logtags frameworks/base/core/java/android/webkit/EventLogTags.logtags frameworks/base/core/java/com/android/internal/logging/EventLogTags.logtags frameworks/base/packages/SettingsProvider/src/com/android/providers/settings/EventLogTags.logtags frameworks/base/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/EventLogTags.logtags frameworks/base/services/core/java/com/android/server/EventLogTags.logtags frameworks/base/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/EventLogTags.logtags frameworks/ex/common/java/com/android/common/GoogleLogTags.logtags frameworks/native/services/surfaceflinger/EventLog/EventLogTags.logtags frameworks/opt/telephony/src/java/com/android/internal/telephony/EventLogTags.logtags packages/apps/QuickSearchBox/src/com/android/quicksearchbox/EventLogTags.logtags packages/apps/Settings/src/com/android/settings/EventLogTags.logtags packages/providers/CalendarProvider/src/com/android/providers/calendar/EventLogTags.logtags packages/providers/ContactsProvider/src/com/android/providers/contacts/EventLogTags.logtags packages/services/Telephony/src/com/android/phone/EventLogTags.logtags system/bt/main/../EventLogTags.logtags system/core/liblog/event.logtags system/core/libsysutils/EventLogTags.logtags system/core/logcat/event.logtags system/core/logd/event.logtags"
File "build/tools/merge-event-log-tags.py", line 51
except getopt.GetoptError, err:
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
[ 0% 92/35341] host C++: aapt <= frameworks/base/tools/aapt/Main.cpp
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
16:27:01 ninja failed with: exit status 1
make: *** [build/core/main.mk:21: run_soong_ui] Error 1
#### make failed to build some targets (53 seconds) ####
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In this merge-event-log-tags.py file, at line 51, it has:
try:
opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "ho:m:")
except getopt.GetoptError, err:
print str(err)
print __doc__
sys.exit(2)
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Also, this is my first time posting here and also first time trying to build android so if you guys need more information to help troubleshoot this, please let me know

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fabiotk said:
First of all, I didn't modified any file so it seems that it was already downloaded with syntax error. I followed the instructions from here and here when preparing the building environment. When I run make -j8 I got the error:
In this merge-event-log-tags.py file, at line 51, it has:
Also, this is my first time posting here and also first time trying to build android so if you guys need more information to help troubleshoot this, please let me know
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I've got this same problem trying to build 8.1.0. Did you (or anyone else) ever figure this out?
http://dpaste.com/0C1QWKE

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UnderSampled said:
I've got this same problem trying to build 8.1.0. Did you (or anyone else) ever figure this out?
http://dpaste.com/0C1QWKE
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Hello, yes, I solved it by making Python2 the default version instead of python3
Code:
sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/python2 /usr/bin/python