[Python-Dev] Re: [ Patch #100719 ] Use '#!/usr/bin/env python' in scripts

[Greg Stein]

On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 11:18:40AM +0200, Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> (just a heads up, not sure if SF was able to send
> out the notifications)
> 
> This patch suggests changing /usr/local/bin/python to
> /usr/bin/env python in cgi.py and faqwiz.py.   Note
> that both scripts are CGI scripts, and the FAQ has the
> following to say about that:
> 
>     http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html#4.63 
> 
>     Note -- *don't* do this for CGI scripts. The $PATH 
>     variable for CGI scripts is often very minimal, so 
>     you need to use the actual absolute pathname of
>     the interpreter.
> 
> -1, in other words (assuming that the FAQ is correct)

I have observed the same behavior in my CGI scripts: you cannot rely on
PATH, so the /usr/bin/env thing simply doesn't work.

-1 also.

Cheers,
-g

-- 
Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/