Ugly hack for better zc.buildout support

Fixes #35.
mgedmin · Oct 30, 2015 · 00049a0 · 00049a0
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diff --git a/check_manifest.py b/check_manifest.py
@@ -137,9 +137,15 @@ def run(command, encoding=None, decode=True):
     """
     if not encoding:
         encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
+    if command and command[0] == sys.executable:
+        # Workaround for zc.buildout, bootstrapped from a Python that lacks
+        # setuptools (see https://github.com/mgedmin/check-manifest/issues/35)
+        env = {'PYTHONPATH': os.pathsep.join(sys.path)}
+    else:
+        env = None
     try:
         pipe = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-                                stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+                                stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, env=env)
     except OSError as e:
         raise Failure("could not run %s: %s" % (command, e))
     output = pipe.communicate()[0]