From 11e2906934445767eb128efcf292ef4298f2debc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Gessner <kevin@kevingessner.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 18:33:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] pip_repository: support absolute python_interpreter (#27)

---
 defs.bzl | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/defs.bzl b/defs.bzl
index fe5cc3eda3..58e782f624 100644
--- a/defs.bzl
+++ b/defs.bzl
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ DEFAULT_REPOSITORY_NAME = "pip"
 
 
 def _pip_repository_impl(rctx):
-    if not rctx.which(rctx.attr.python_interpreter):
+    python_interpreter = rctx.attr.python_interpreter
+    if '/' not in python_interpreter:
+        python_interpreter = rctx.which(python_interpreter)
+    if not python_interpreter:
         fail("python interpreter not found")
 
     rctx.file("BUILD", "")
@@ -20,7 +23,7 @@ def _pip_repository_impl(rctx):
 
     result = rctx.execute(
         [
-            rctx.which(rctx.attr.python_interpreter),
+            python_interpreter,
             "-m",
             "extract_wheels",
             "--requirements",