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Bug 281933 - app-admin/eselect-python-20090814: python-wrapper does not work if invoked through an unexpected symlink such as /usr/local/bin/python
Summary: app-admin/eselect-python-20090814: python-wrapper does not work if invoked th...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All All
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Python Gentoo Team
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Reported: 2009-08-18 16:57 UTC by R. David Murray
Modified: 2009-08-19 20:06 UTC (History)
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Fix for python-wrapper (python-wrapper-symlink-fix.patch,345 bytes, patch)
2009-08-18 17:00 UTC, Jonathan Callen (RETIRED) 		Details | Diff
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Description R. David Murray 2009-08-18 16:57:35 UTC 
If a symlink is used to invoke python (eg: ln -s /usr/bin/python /usr/local/bin/python), then python-wrapper aborts silently with return code 127.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.ln -s /usr/bin/python somename
2../somename; echo $?
3.

Actual Results:  
127

Expected Results:  
python interactive interpreter prompt
Comment 1 Jonathan Callen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-08-18 17:00:02 UTC 
Created attachment 201630 [details, diff]
Fix for python-wrapper
Comment 2 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-08-19 20:06:14 UTC 
Fixed in r207.