--- a/PluginPyLint.py	Sat Apr 14 14:42:31 2012 +0200
+++ b/PluginPyLint.py	Fri May 18 16:00:19 2012 +0200
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 author = "Detlev Offenbach <detlev@die-offenbachs.de>"
 autoactivate = True
 deactivateable = True
-version = "5.0.1"
+version = "5.0.2"
 className = "PyLintPlugin"
 packageName = "PyLint"
 shortDescription = "Show the PyLint dialogs."
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@
         #
         # Linux, Unix ...
         pylintScript = 'pylint'
+        scriptSuffixes = ["",
+                          "-python{0}".format(sys.version[:1]),
+                          "-python{0}".format(sys.version[:3])]
         # There could be multiple pylint executables in the path
         # e.g. for different python variants
         path = Utilities.getEnvironmentEntry('PATH')
@@ -124,9 +127,10 @@
         exes = []
         dirs = path.split(os.pathsep)
         for dir in dirs:
-            exe = os.path.join(dir, pylintScript)
-            if os.access(exe, os.X_OK):
-                exes.append(exe)
+            for suffix in scriptSuffixes:
+                exe = os.path.join(dir, pylintScript + suffix)
+                if os.access(exe, os.X_OK):
+                    exes.append(exe)
         
         # step 2: determine the Python 3 variant
         found = False