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+/*
+ * This wrapper program executes a python executable hidden inside an
+ * application bundle inside the Python framework. This is needed to run
+ * GUI code: some GUI API's don't work unless the program is inside an
+ * application bundle.
+ */
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <err.h>
+
+static char Python[] = PYTHONWEXECUTABLE;
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+ argv[0] = Python;
+ execv(Python, argv);
+ err(1, "execv: %s", Python);
+ /* NOTREACHED */
+}