1 files changed, 27 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/linden/scripts/template_verifier.py b/linden/scripts/template_verifier.py
index f1f3953..d451cbf 100755
--- a/linden/scripts/template_verifier.py
+++ b/linden/scripts/template_verifier.py
@@ -38,13 +38,35 @@ If [FILE] [FILE] is specified, two local files will be checked against
 each other.
 """
 
-from os.path import realpath, dirname, join, exists
-setup_path = join(dirname(realpath(__file__)), "setup-path.py")
-if exists(setup_path):
-    execfile(setup_path)
+import sys
+import os.path
+
+# Look for indra/lib/python in all possible parent directories ...
+# This is an improvement over the setup-path.py method used previously:
+#  * the script may blocated anywhere inside the source tree
+#  * it doesn't depend on the current directory
+#  * it doesn't depend on another file being present.
+
+root = os.path.abspath(__file__)
+# always insert the directory of the script in the search path
+dir = os.path.dirname(root)
+if dir not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, dir)
+
+# Now go look for indra/lib/python in the parent dies
+while root != os.path.sep:
+    root = os.path.dirname(root)
+    dir = os.path.join(root, 'indra', 'lib', 'python')
+    if os.path.isdir(dir):
+        if dir not in sys.path:
+            sys.path.insert(0, dir)
+        break
+else:
+    print >>sys.stderr, "This script is not inside a valid installation."
+    sys.exit(1)
+
 import optparse
 import os
-import sys
 import urllib
 
 from indra.ipc import compatibility