From 54ce2c62e07219a61bcd7ac8b047cd7b3452509e 2014-07-29 21:16:13
From: Thomas Kluyver <takowl@gmail.com>
Date: 2014-07-29 21:16:13
Subject: [PATCH] Merge pull request #6236 from takluyver/fix-sys-executable-for-native-kernel

Fix detecting the native kernel to launch with sys.executable
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diff --git a/IPython/kernel/manager.py b/IPython/kernel/manager.py
index eed7e17..318254b 100644
--- a/IPython/kernel/manager.py
+++ b/IPython/kernel/manager.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class KernelManager(ConnectionFileMixin):
         """replace templated args (e.g. {connection_file})"""
         if self.kernel_cmd:
             cmd = self.kernel_cmd
-        elif self.kernel_name == 'python':
+        elif self.kernel_name == kernelspec.NATIVE_KERNEL_NAME:
             # The native kernel gets special handling
             cmd = make_ipkernel_cmd(
                 'from IPython.kernel.zmq.kernelapp import main; main()',