Index: check-manifest-0.49/tests.py
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--- check-manifest-0.49.orig/tests.py
+++ check-manifest-0.49/tests.py
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ class TestCheckManifest(unittest.TestCas
         # We need a Python interpeter to be in PATH.
         python = 'python'
         if hasattr(shutil, 'which'):
-            for python in 'python', 'python3', os.path.basename(sys.executable):
+            for python in os.path.basename(sys.executable), 'python', 'python3':
                 if shutil.which(python):
                     break
         subdir = self._create_repo_with_code_in_subdir()