Bug fixed:

  The standard Python -m option didn't work for custom interpreters.

CHANGES.txt

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Bugs fixed:
 
 - Scripts run using generated interpreters didn't have __file__ set correctly.
 
+- The standard Python -m option didn't work for custom interpreters.
+
 1.4.0 (2009-08-26)
 ==================
 

src/zc/buildout/easy_install.py

@@ -1127,23 +1127,28 @@ sys.path[0:0] = [
 
 _interactive = True
 if len(sys.argv) > 1:
-    import getopt
-    _options, _args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'ic:')
+    _options, _args = __import__("getopt").getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'ic:m:')
     _interactive = False
     for (_opt, _val) in _options:
         if _opt == '-i':
             _interactive = True
         elif _opt == '-c':
             exec _val
+        elif _opt == '-m':
+            sys.argv[1:] = _args
+            _args = []
+            __import__("runpy").run_module(
+                 _val, {}, "__main__", alter_sys=True)
 
     if _args:
         sys.argv[:] = _args
         __file__ = _args[0]
+        del _options, _args
         execfile(__file__)
 
 if _interactive:
-    import code
-    code.interact(banner="", local=globals())
+    del _interactive
+    __import__("code").interact(banner="", local=globals())
 '''
 
 runsetup_template = """

src/zc/buildout/easy_install.txt

@@ -663,32 +663,38 @@ the path set:
 
     >>> cat(bin, 'py') # doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
     #!/usr/local/bin/python2.4
+    <BLANKLINE>
     import sys
     <BLANKLINE>
     sys.path[0:0] = [
-      '/sample-install/demo-0.3-py2.4.egg',
-      '/sample-install/demoneeded-1.1-py2.4.egg',
+      '/sample-install/demo-0.3-pyN.N.egg',
+      '/sample-install/demoneeded-1.1-pyN.N.egg',
       ]
     <BLANKLINE>
     _interactive = True
     if len(sys.argv) > 1:
-        import getopt
-        _options, _args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'ic:')
+        _options, _args = __import__("getopt").getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'ic:m:')
         _interactive = False
         for (_opt, _val) in _options:
             if _opt == '-i':
                 _interactive = True
             elif _opt == '-c':
                 exec _val
+            elif _opt == '-m':
+                sys.argv[1:] = _args
+                _args = []
+                __import__("runpy").run_module(
+                     _val, {}, "__main__", alter_sys=True)
     <BLANKLINE>
         if _args:
             sys.argv[:] = _args
             __file__ = _args[0]
+            del _options, _args
             execfile(__file__)
     <BLANKLINE>
     if _interactive:
-        import code
-        code.interact(banner="", local=globals())
+        del _interactive
+        __import__("code").interact(banner="", local=globals())
 
 If invoked with a script name and arguments, it will run that script, instead.
 
@@ -701,6 +707,15 @@ If invoked with a script name and arguments, it will run that script, instead.
     ['ascript', 'a', 'b', 'c']
     ('__main__', 'ascript', 'demo doc')
 
+For Python 2.5 and higher, you can also use the -m option to run a
+module:
+
+    >>> print system(join(bin, 'py')+' -m pdb'),
+    usage: pdb.py scriptfile [arg] ...
+
+    >>> print system(join(bin, 'py')+' -m pdb what'),
+    Error: what does not exist
+
 An additional argument can be passed to define which scripts to install
 and to provide script names. The argument is a dictionary mapping
 original script names to new script names.
@@ -873,23 +888,28 @@ We specified an interpreter and its paths are adjusted too:
     <BLANKLINE>
     _interactive = True
     if len(sys.argv) > 1:
-        import getopt
-        _options, _args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'ic:')
+        _options, _args = __import__("getopt").getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'ic:m:')
         _interactive = False
         for (_opt, _val) in _options:
             if _opt == '-i':
                 _interactive = True
             elif _opt == '-c':
                 exec _val
+            elif _opt == '-m':
+                sys.argv[1:] = _args
+                _args = []
+                __import__("runpy").run_module(
+                     _val, {}, "__main__", alter_sys=True)
     <BLANKLINE>
         if _args:
             sys.argv[:] = _args
             __file__ = _args[0]
+            del _options, _args
             execfile(__file__)
     <BLANKLINE>
     if _interactive:
-        import code
-        code.interact(banner="", local=globals())
+        del _interactive
+        __import__("code").interact(banner="", local=globals())
 
 
 Handling custom build options for extensions provided in source distributions