--- python.eselect-orig	2009-08-03 22:30:14.000000000 +0100
+++ python.eselect	2009-08-03 23:04:06.000000000 +0100
@@ -138,8 +138,12 @@
 }
 
 do_show() {
-	active=$(canonicalise "${INTERPRETER_PATH}python")
-	echo ${active#${INTERPRETER_PATH}}
+	if [[ ! -L ${INTERPRETER_PATH}python ]]; then
+	    grep -o -m 1 'python\w.\w' "${INTERPRETER_PATH}python"
+	else
+            active=$(canonicalise "${INTERPRETER_PATH}python")
+	    echo ${active#${INTERPRETER_PATH}}
+	fi
 }
 
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