travis: Ensure Python 3.8 is used

Add some additional verbosity

Author: EricCousineau-TRI

.travis.yml

@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ matrix:
     # - $PY_CMD -m sphinx -W -b html docs docs/.build
     - |
       # Make sure setup.py distributes and installs all the headers
+      set -ex
       $PY_CMD setup.py sdist
       $PY_CMD -m pip install --user -U ./dist/*
       installed=$($PY_CMD -c "import pybind11; print(pybind11.get_include(True) + '/pybind11')")
       diff -rq $installed ./include/pybind11
     - |
       # Barebones build
+      set -ex
       cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DPYBIND11_WERROR=ON -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(which $PY_CMD) .
       make pytest -j 2 && make cpptest -j 2
   # The following are regular test configurations, including optional dependencies.
@@ -119,17 +121,19 @@ matrix:
         packages:
           - g++-7
           - python3.8-dev
+          - python3.8-distutils
           - python3.8-venv
     # Currently there is no numpy/scipy wheels available for python3.8
     # TODO: remove next before_install, install and script clause when the wheels become available
     before_install:
       - pyenv global $(pyenv whence 2to3)  # activate all python versions
-      - PY_CMD=python3
+      - PY_CMD=python3.8
       - $PY_CMD -m pip install --user --upgrade pip wheel setuptools
     install:
       - $PY_CMD -m pip install --user --upgrade pytest
     script:
       - |
+        set -ex
         # Barebones build
         cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DPYBIND11_WERROR=ON -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(which $PY_CMD) .
         make pytest -j 2 && make cpptest -j 2