Add a new --executable option to distribute so that we can force the shebang line in installed python scripts. Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias diff -Nura distribute-0.6.36.orig/setuptools/command/install.py distribute-0.6.36/setuptools/command/install.py --- distribute-0.6.36.orig/setuptools/command/install.py 2013-04-13 09:46:23.160823598 -0300 +++ distribute-0.6.36/setuptools/command/install.py 2013-04-13 11:17:28.418841986 -0300 @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ """Use easy_install to install the package, w/dependencies""" user_options = _install.user_options + [ + ('executable=', 'e', "specify final destination interpreter path"), ('old-and-unmanageable', None, "Try not to use this!"), ('single-version-externally-managed', None, "used by system package builders to create 'flat' eggs"), @@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ def initialize_options(self): _install.initialize_options(self) + self.executable = None self.old_and_unmanageable = None self.single_version_externally_managed = None self.no_compile = None # make DISTUTILS_DEBUG work right! diff -Nura distribute-0.6.36.orig/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py distribute-0.6.36/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py --- distribute-0.6.36.orig/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py 2013-04-13 09:46:23.160823598 -0300 +++ distribute-0.6.36/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py 2013-04-13 11:24:32.305416400 -0300 @@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ def initialize_options(self): _install_scripts.initialize_options(self) self.no_ep = False + self.executable = None + + def finalize_options(self): + _install_scripts.finalize_options(self) + self.set_undefined_options('install', + ('executable','executable') + ) def run(self): from setuptools.command.easy_install import get_script_args @@ -31,6 +38,8 @@ ) bs_cmd = self.get_finalized_command('build_scripts') executable = getattr(bs_cmd,'executable',sys_executable) + if self.executable is not None: + executable = self.executable is_wininst = getattr( self.get_finalized_command("bdist_wininst"), '_is_running', False )