Remove get_service_path and use the usual wrapper script approach.

bin/.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 sugar-control-panel
 sugar-shell
+sugar-shell-service

bin/Makefile.am

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ bin_SCRIPTS = 			\
 	sugar-control-panel	\
 	sugar-install-bundle	\
 	sugar-launch		\
-	sugar-shell
+	sugar-shell		\
+	sugar-shell-service
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(bin_SCRIPTS) sugar.in
 

bin/sugar-shell-service.in

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (C) 2008, Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+
+import sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, '@prefix@/share/sugar/service')
+
+from main import main
+
+main()
+
+

configure.ac

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 bin/sugar
 bin/sugar-control-panel
 bin/sugar-shell
+bin/sugar-shell-service
 src/config.py
 ])
 

lib/sugar/env.py

@@ -77,8 +77,5 @@ def get_user_activities_path():
 def get_user_library_path():
     return os.path.expanduser('~/Library')
 
-def get_service_path(name):
-    return _get_sugar_path('services', name)
-
 def get_data_path(path=None):
     return _get_sugar_path('data', path)

service/Makefile.am

@@ -17,18 +17,16 @@ org.laptop.Clipboard.service: org.laptop.Clipboard.service.in Makefile
 org.laptop.ObjectTypeRegistry.service: org.laptop.ObjectTypeRegistry.service.in Makefile
 	@sed -e "s|\@bindir\@|$(bindir)|" $< > $@
 
-sugardir = $(pkgdatadir)/services/shell
+sugardir = $(pkgdatadir)/service
 
 sugar_PYTHON =				\
 	__init__.py			\
 	activityregistryservice.py	\
 	bundleregistry.py		\
 	clipboardobject.py      	\
-	clipboardservice.py
-
-bin_SCRIPTS = sugar-shell-service
+	clipboardservice.py		\
+	main.py
 
 DISTCLEANFILES = $(service_DATA)
 
-EXTRA_DIST = $(service_in_files) $(bin_SCRIPTS)
-
+EXTRA_DIST = $(service_in_files)

service/main.py

@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# vi: ts=4 ai noet 
-#
 # Copyright (C) 2006, Red Hat, Inc.
 # Copyright (C) 2007, One Laptop Per Child
 #
@@ -28,23 +25,22 @@ import dbus.glib
 from sugar import logger
 from sugar import env
 
-sys.path.append(env.get_service_path('shell'))
-
-import clipboardservice
 import activityregistryservice
+import clipboardservice
 
-logger.start('shellservice')
-logging.info('Starting shell service.')
+def main():
+	logger.start('shellservice')
+	logging.info('Starting shell service.')
 
-gobject.threads_init()
-dbus.glib.threads_init()
+	gobject.threads_init()
+	dbus.glib.threads_init()
 
-clipboard_service = clipboardservice.get_instance()
-activity_registry = activityregistryservice.get_instance()
+	clipboard_service = clipboardservice.get_instance()
+	activity_registry = activityregistryservice.get_instance()
 
-loop = gobject.MainLoop()
-try:
-    loop.run()
-except KeyboardInterrupt:
-    print 'Ctrl+C pressed, exiting...'
+	loop = gobject.MainLoop()
+	try:
+	    loop.run()
+	except KeyboardInterrupt:
+	    print 'Ctrl+C pressed, exiting...'