Fix for issue8868: without this patch 'MacOS.WMAvailable()' will return
False on MacOSX 10.5 or earlier and scripts won't be able to access GUI
functionality.
diff --git a/Mac/Tools/pythonw.c b/Mac/Tools/pythonw.c
index 7f45ca9..08e069b 100644
--- a/Mac/Tools/pythonw.c
+++ b/Mac/Tools/pythonw.c
@@ -149,6 +149,14 @@
main(int argc, char **argv) {
char* exec_path = get_python_path();
+ /*
+ * Let argv[0] refer to the new interpreter. This is needed to
+ * get the effect we want on OSX 10.5 or earlier. That is, without
+ * changing argv[0] the real interpreter won't have access to
+ * the Window Server.
+ */
+ argv[0] = exec_path;
+
#ifdef HAVE_SPAWN_H
/* We're weak-linking to posix-spawnv to ensure that
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 352ebf4..4e0b0d2 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
- Issue #7079: Fix a possible crash when closing a file object while using it
from another thread. Patch by Daniel Stutzbach.
+- Issue #8868: Fix that ensures that python scripts have access to the
+ Window Server again in a framework build on MacOSX 10.5 or earlier.
+
C-API
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