diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-07-17-15-54-29.gh-issue-91256.z7i7Q5.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-07-17-15-54-29.gh-issue-91256.z7i7Q5.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..802a614fd48d72c2e39ffc985526148dfb55272a --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-07-17-15-54-29.gh-issue-91256.z7i7Q5.rst @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Ensures the program name is known for help text during interpreter startup. diff --git a/Python/initconfig.c b/Python/initconfig.c index 86dcdd9a8bd6bb0c06dab832b24a4a595f004531..d31385039932bca628c51e22c6b8a4c020268bc9 100644 --- a/Python/initconfig.c +++ b/Python/initconfig.c @@ -2295,6 +2295,9 @@ config_parse_cmdline(PyConfig *config, PyWideStringList *warnoptions, const PyWideStringList *argv = &config->argv; int print_version = 0; const wchar_t* program = config->program_name; + if (!program && argv->length >= 1) { + program = argv->items[0]; + } _PyOS_ResetGetOpt(); do {