On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 03:20:21PM +0100, Christian Biere wrote:
> Now even if one
> provided a loader written in C, how is supposed to know which version of
> the interpreter is required and how can it ensure it's (still) installed?

You might have missed that part but I speak explicitly only about pkgsrc
managed stuff. If you have scripts outside pkgsrc control, use
pkg_alternatives. It does provide a single fixed value based on whatever
the admin decided Python should be.

Joerg