Description

pip install adds the target interpreter’s path to script shebangs both for scripts defined via entry points and for scripts in (data)/scripts (i.e. the wheel path pkg_name-1.2.2.data/scripts/).

However for the latter, it uses more brittle code to create the shebang.

So this:

should be changed to use this code:

See: ranger/ranger#2941 (comment)
See also:

• Wheel scripts don't get command line wrappers on Windows #2596
• More robust shebang manipulation #12599
• Use PIPX_HOME as given pipx#1327

Expected behavior

Shebang is correctly modified

pip version

25.0.1

Python version

3.13

OS

Linux/MacOS

How to Reproduce & Output

$ mkdir "path with spaces"
$ cd "path with spaces"
$ python -m venv .venv
$ .venv/bin/pip install ranger-fm==1.9.4
$ head -n1 .venv/bin/ranger
#!/home/me/path with spaces/.venv/bin/python
$ .venv/bin/ranger
zsh:1: .venv/bin/ranger: bad interpreter: /home/me/path: no such file or directory

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