Fixed a problem with ``.pth`` testing on Windows when ``sys.executable``

has a space in it (e.g., the user installed Python to a ``Program
Files`` directory).  (backport from trunk)

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branch : setuptools-0.6
extra : convert_revision : svn%3A6015fed2-1504-0410-9fe1-9d1591cc4771/sandbox/branches/setuptools-0.6%4052887

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/EasyInstall.txt b/EasyInstall.txt
index 66b0b190..e4f21218 100755
--- a/EasyInstall.txt
+++ b/EasyInstall.txt
@@ -1269,6 +1269,10 @@ Release Notes/Change History
    are opened read-only (e.g. reading ``/dev/urandom`` for random numbers, as
    is done by ``os.urandom()`` on some platforms).
 
+ * Fixed a problem with ``.pth`` testing on Windows when ``sys.executable``
+   has a space in it (e.g., the user installed Python to a ``Program Files``
+   directory).
+
 0.6c3
  * You once again use "python -m easy_install" with Python 2.4 and above.
 
diff --git a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
index 88655610..3b3ca57f 100755
--- a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.
                     if basename.lower()=='python.exe' and os.path.exists(alt):
                         # use pythonw.exe to avoid opening a console window
                         executable = alt
-                    if ' ' in executable: executable='"%s"' % executable
+
                 from distutils.spawn import spawn
                 spawn([executable,'-E','-c','pass'],0)