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Added a comment explaining why this file must really have #!
/usr/local/bin/python and not #! /usr/bin/env python.
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#! /usr/local/bin/python
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# NOTE: the above "/usr/local/bin/python" is NOT a mistake. It is
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# intentionally NOT "/usr/bin/env python". On many systems
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# (e.g. Solaris), /usr/local/bin is not in $PATH as passed to CGI
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# scripts, and /usr/local/bin is the default directory where Python is
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# installed, so /usr/bin/env would be unable to find python. Granted,
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# binary installations by Linux vendors often install Python in
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# /usr/bin. So let those vendors patch cgi.py to match their choice
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# of installation.
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"""Support module for CGI (Common Gateway Interface) scripts.
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This module defines a number of utilities for use by CGI scripts

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