Re: #!/usr/bin/python2.3 vs #!/usr/bin/env python2.3

[Jérôme Marant <jmarant@free.fr>]

Quoting John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>:

> Hello,
> 
> Many Python programs use constructs like #!/usr/bin/env python2.3 to load
> themselves.  Many others use #!/usr/bin/python2.3.  On most Debian systems,
> these are the same.
> 
> The submitter in #189473 claims that #!/usr/bin/env python2.3 is wrong
> because he has his own python2.3 on the path prior to the system's, and it
> doesn't necessarily have requisite libraries for the programs being run.

#!/usr/bin/env python2.3 helps programs running everywhere, i.e. they
will work with people that installed python in /usr/local/bin for
instance.

-- 
Jérôme Marant