Bug 69064

Summary:	java-config uses the wrong python
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Frank Lomax <gentoo>
Component:	[OLD] Development	Assignee:	Java team <java>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	major
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Frank Lomax 2004-10-26 13:29:04 UTC

The first line of java-config says:

#!/usr/bin/env python

While in general this is the right thing for Python scripts, in this case, I believe it is wrong.  It should explicitly use /usr/bin/python.

The reason is that this script depends on Gentoo specific additional packages that must be in Python's site-packages.  However, if you've got a different Python on your $PATH, say because you have installed a newer version in /usr/local/bin, java-config will break.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install a from-source Python in /usr/local/bin
2. put /usr/local/bin first on your path
3. run java-config

Actual Results:  
...
ImportError: no module named java_config

Expected Results:  
no import error :)

Comment 1 Saleem Abdulrasool (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-02-04 18:35:30 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 60606 ***