--- /dev/null
+Add a new --executable option to distribute so that we can
+force the shebang line in installed python scripts.
+
+[Thomas: refresh for setuptools 5.8.]
+
+Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
+Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
+
+Index: b/setuptools/command/install.py
+===================================================================
+--- a/setuptools/command/install.py
++++ b/setuptools/command/install.py
+@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
+ """Use easy_install to install the package, w/dependencies"""
+
+ user_options = orig.install.user_options + [
++ ('executable=', 'e', "specify final destination interpreter path"),
+ ('old-and-unmanageable', None, "Try not to use this!"),
+ ('single-version-externally-managed', None,
+ "used by system package builders to create 'flat' eggs"),
+@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
+
+ def initialize_options(self):
+ orig.install.initialize_options(self)
++ self.executable = None
+ self.old_and_unmanageable = None
+ self.single_version_externally_managed = None
+
+Index: b/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py
+===================================================================
+--- a/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py
++++ b/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py
+@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@
+ def initialize_options(self):
+ orig.install_scripts.initialize_options(self)
+ self.no_ep = False
++ self.executable = None
++
++ def finalize_options(self):
++ orig.install_scripts.finalize_options(self)
++ self.set_undefined_options('install',
++ ('executable','executable')
++ )
+
+ def run(self):
+ from setuptools.command.easy_install import get_script_args
+@@ -32,6 +39,8 @@
+ )
+ bs_cmd = self.get_finalized_command('build_scripts')
+ executable = getattr(bs_cmd, 'executable', sys_executable)
++ if self.executable is not None:
++ executable = self.executable
+ is_wininst = getattr(
+ self.get_finalized_command("bdist_wininst"), '_is_running', False
+ )