Fix shebang in netbox/manage.py

[xee8ai]

Deployment Type

Self-hosted

Triage priority

I volunteer to perform this work (if approved)

NetBox Version

v.4.1.4

Python Version

3.12

Steps to Reproduce

The shebang on netbox/manage.py is ambiguous.

Not really a bug but e.g. causing rpmbuild to stop with an error.

Expected Behavior

File netbox/manage.py starts with

#!/usr/bin/env python3

Observed Behavior

File netbox/manage.py starts with

#!/usr/bin/env python

[jeremystretch]

Thanks @xee8ai, I've assigned this to you.

[candlerb]

File netbox/manage.py starts with

#!/usr/bin/env python

If the virtualenv is active, that will work just fine (python and python3 both exist in the venv).

If the virtualenv is inactive, then #!/usr/bin/env python3 will run the global python interpreter with the wrong libraries, and Bad Things™ will happen.

Personally, I'd suggest removing the shebang entirely, and well as the eXecute bit. Users can run it with:

/opt/netbox/venv/bin/python /opt/netbox/netbox/manage.py ...

and not worry about activating the virtualenv manually, or what directory they are in.

Alternatively, the shebang could be changed to #!/opt/netbox/venv/bin/python[3]