From 27c72e9e5cc8b2d8d4e632c010ec8bf77360ae4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ronald Oussoren Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 03:47:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fix for issue8868: without this patch 'MacOS.WMAvailable()' will return False on MacOSX 10.5 or earlier and scripts won't be able to access GUI functionality. --- Mac/Tools/pythonw.c | 8 ++++++++ Misc/NEWS | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/Mac/Tools/pythonw.c b/Mac/Tools/pythonw.c index 7f45ca9ff62..08e069b03cb 100644 --- a/Mac/Tools/pythonw.c +++ b/Mac/Tools/pythonw.c @@ -149,6 +149,14 @@ 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 diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index 352ebf4e9ec..4e0b0d29486 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ Core and Builtins - Issue #7079: Fix a possible crash when closing a file object while using it from another thread. Patch by Daniel Stutzbach. +- Issue #8868: Fix that ensures that python scripts have access to the + Window Server again in a framework build on MacOSX 10.5 or earlier. + C-API -----