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diff --git a/doc/bugs/rst_plugin_has_python_hardcode_in_shebang_line.mdwn b/doc/bugs/rst_plugin_has_python_hardcode_in_shebang_line.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a594adc09 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/rst_plugin_has_python_hardcode_in_shebang_line.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Current the rst plugin uses this shebang line: + + #!/usr/bin/python + +The problem is that rst plugin uses some feature (for example, iterator comprehension) which is unavailable on old version of Python. + +So rst plugin will not work on a machine which has an old version of python in system path even though +the user have installed a new version of python in other place. For example, I am using ikiwiki with the rst plugin on Mac OS X 10.4 which ships python 2.3 but I do have python2.6 installed on /opt/local/bin/python (via macports). + +Thus I suggest to change the shebang line to: + + #!/usr/bin/env python + +> [[done]], although the irony of all the perl hashbangs in ikiwiki +> being hardcoded doesn't escape me. --[[Joey]] |