From 809e98c54f223ab9a02a49cb59f77fe18d15ab59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Hotham <david.hotham@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2023 21:27:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] use shutil.which() to detect the active python

---
 src/poetry/utils/env.py | 26 ++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/poetry/utils/env.py b/src/poetry/utils/env.py
index d5a96fac4c2..2a1074c5b9e 100644
--- a/src/poetry/utils/env.py
+++ b/src/poetry/utils/env.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import platform
 import plistlib
 import re
+import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import sysconfig
@@ -532,19 +533,23 @@ def _full_python_path(python: str) -> Path:
     @staticmethod
     def _detect_active_python(io: None | IO = None) -> Path | None:
         io = io or NullIO()
+        io.write_error_line(
+            (
+                "Trying to detect current active python executable as specified in"
+                " the config."
+            ),
+            verbosity=Verbosity.VERBOSE,
+        )
+
         executable = None
+        python = shutil.which("python")
+        if python is not None:
+            with contextlib.suppress(EnvCommandError):
+                executable = EnvManager._full_python_path(python)
 
-        try:
-            io.write_error_line(
-                (
-                    "Trying to detect current active python executable as specified in"
-                    " the config."
-                ),
-                verbosity=Verbosity.VERBOSE,
-            )
-            executable = EnvManager._full_python_path("python")
+        if executable is not None:
             io.write_error_line(f"Found: {executable}", verbosity=Verbosity.VERBOSE)
-        except EnvCommandError:
+        else:
             io.write_error_line(
                 (
                     "Unable to detect the current active python executable. Falling"
@@ -552,6 +557,7 @@ def _detect_active_python(io: None | IO = None) -> Path | None:
                 ),
                 verbosity=Verbosity.VERBOSE,
             )
+
         return executable
 
     @staticmethod