--- python.eselect-20090801
+++ python.eselect-20090801
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@
 set_python_script() {
 	local script="${INTERPRETER_PATH}${1}" target="${2}"
 	cat << EOF > "${script}"
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/bin/sh
 # Gentoo Python wrapper script
 
-[[ "\${EPYTHON}" =~ (/|^python\$) ]] && EPYTHON="${target}"
+case "\${EPYTHON}" in
+	*/*|python) EPYTHON="${target}";;
+esac
 "\${0%/*}/\${EPYTHON:-${target}}" "\$@"
 EOF
 	chmod +x "${script}"
@@ -39,12 +41,17 @@
 set_python_config_script() {
 	local script="${INTERPRETER_PATH}${1}" target="${2}"
 	cat << EOF > "${script}"
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/bin/sh
 # Gentoo python-config wrapper script
 
-[[ "\${EPYTHON}" =~ (/|^python\$) ]] && EPYTHON="${target/-config-/}"
-python_config="\${EPYTHON/python/python-config-}"
-"\${0%/*}/\${python_config:-${target}}" "\$@"
+case "\${EPYTHON}" in
+	*/*|python) EPYTHON="${target/-config-/}";;
+esac
+: \${python_config:=${target}}
+case "\${EPYTHON}" in *python*)
+	python_config="\${EPYTHON%%python*}python-config-\${EPYTHON#*python}";;
+esac
+"\${0%/*}/\${python_config}" "\$@"
 EOF
 	chmod +x "${script}"
 }