Shebang Update for Compatibility Across RHEL Versions #870
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Signed-off-by: Shivani Parmar <shivaniparmar2494@gmail.com>
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Thanks for the PR @shi-vaniparmar . On Ubuntu, I see this as the shebang, in the installed files (like and not as I can see in the source code. I think that the shebang line gets modified by the "debian helper": I am not sure how this helper will behave with your changed shebang. I think it will just not care, but to be on the safe side, in theory, we should try to repackage the Ubuntu version with your change... |
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Maybe it would need to be modified as well. |
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This PR updates Python shebangs from:
#!/usr/bin/pythonto:
#!/usr/bin/env pythonReason for Change
On RHEL 8 and RHEL 9, it is not permitted (and not recommended) to modify or symlink the platform-provided /usr/bin/python. This path is managed by the system and reserved for platform tooling.
To ensure consistent and portable execution of Python scripts across environments — without interfering with system Python — we:
Use /usr/bin/env python as a more flexible and version-agnostic shebang.
Recommend setting up custom Python symlinks in:
/usr/local/bin
~/bin
This allows each environment to control which Python interpreter is used when invoking python, without relying on or modifying the system Python binary.
Benefits
Cross-version compatibility (RHEL 8/9)
Cleaner separation from platform Python
Easier integration with virtual environments or user-installed interpreters