From 268f1ca4c7fff6b634a67e0917242b709439fcf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Refael Ackermann <refael@empeeric.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 13:06:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Use result of `which` when searching for python.

Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/667
Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/750
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/pull/668
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
---
 lib/configure.js | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/configure.js b/lib/configure.js
index e10475840f..4e0652961e 100644
--- a/lib/configure.js
+++ b/lib/configure.js
@@ -331,6 +331,10 @@ function findPython (python, callback) {
         }
       } else {
         log.verbose('`which` succeeded', python, execPath)
+        // Found the `python` exceutable, and from now on we use it explicitly.
+        // This solves #667 and #750 (`execFile` won't run batch files
+        // (*.cmd, and *.bat))
+        python = execPath
         checkPythonVersion()
       }
     })