Joe VanAndel wrote:

malemburg · malemburg · commit 90294d01be80 · 2001-12-11T20:44:42.000Z
&gt;
&gt; When using 'distutils' (shipped with Python 2.1) I've found that my
&gt; Python scripts installed with a first line of:
&gt;
&gt; #!/usr/bin/python2.1None
&gt;
&gt; This is caused by distutils trying to patch the first line of the python
&gt; script to use the current interpreter.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/build_scripts.py b/Lib/distutils/command/build_scripts.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def copy_scripts (self):
                 match = first_line_re.match(first_line)
                 if match:
                     adjust = 1
-                    post_interp = match.group(1)
+                    post_interp = match.group(1) or ''
 
             if adjust:
                 self.announce("copying and adjusting %s -> %s" %
