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-rw-r--r--Mac/Tools/pythonw.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Mac/Tools/pythonw.c b/Mac/Tools/pythonw.c
index 8da6f47..0b2fafc 100644
--- a/Mac/Tools/pythonw.c
+++ b/Mac/Tools/pythonw.c
@@ -151,6 +151,14 @@ int
main(int argc, char **argv) {
char* exec_path = get_python_path();
+ /*
+ * Let argv[0] refer to the new interpreter. This is needed to
+ * get the effect we want on OSX 10.5 or earlier. That is, without
+ * changing argv[0] the real interpreter won't have access to
+ * the Window Server.
+ */
+ argv[0] = exec_path;
+
#ifdef HAVE_SPAWN_H
/* We're weak-linking to posix-spawnv to ensure that
* an executable build on 10.5 can work on 10.4.