From 645c85fe58f76675ae93e84e71cbb2853aaa5e04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ekaterina Tuzova <Ekaterina.Tuzova@jetbrains.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 21:04:26 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] added search for executable if sdk home path is a symlink

---
 python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PythonSdkType.java | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PythonSdkType.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PythonSdkType.java
index 543f251c0723..5f2889ba49d9 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PythonSdkType.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/sdk/PythonSdkType.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.util.Comparing;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Key;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Ref;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.SystemInfo;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileSystemUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.CharFilter;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
@@ -883,6 +884,12 @@ public class PythonSdkType extends SdkType {
     runner = new File(new File(new File(binDir.getParentFile(), "local"), "bin"), name);
     if (runner.exists()) return LocalFileSystem.getInstance().extractPresentableUrl(runner.getPath());
 
+    // if interpreter is a symlink
+    if (FileSystemUtil.isSymLink(homeDirectory)) {
+      String resolvedPath = FileSystemUtil.resolveSymLink(homeDirectory);
+      if (resolvedPath != null)
+        return getExecutablePath(resolvedPath, name);
+    }
     // Search in standard unix path
     runner = new File(new File("/usr", "bin"), name);
     if (runner.exists()) return LocalFileSystem.getInstance().extractPresentableUrl(runner.getPath());