From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6818 invoked by alias); 30 May 2012 14:37:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 6685 invoked by uid 22791); 30 May 2012 14:37:48 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_RCVD_UNTRUST,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_W,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 30 May 2012 14:37:30 +0000 Received: from int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.25]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q4UEbGBD024134 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 30 May 2012 10:37:16 -0400 Received: from host2.jankratochvil.net (ovpn-116-47.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.116.47]) by int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q4UEbBxB016663 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Wed, 30 May 2012 10:37:14 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 14:37:00 -0000 From: Jan Kratochvil To: Joel Brobecker Cc: Doug Evans , gdb-patches@sourceware.org, David Malcolm , Tom Tromey , Ben Woodard Subject: Re: [RFA] ignore PYTHONHOME environment variable. Message-ID: <20120530143711.GA2396@host2.jankratochvil.net> References: <20101123163045.GA1737@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> <20101123173054.GW2634@adacore.com> <20101214071210.GQ2596@adacore.com> <20101214092645.GA20415@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> <20101214103305.GU2596@adacore.com> <20120518193352.GA12340@host2.jankratochvil.net> <20120528144121.GI5492@adacore.com> <20120528172930.GA30697@host2.jankratochvil.net> <20120529145402.GN5492@adacore.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120529145402.GN5492@adacore.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2012-05/txt/msg01041.txt.bz2 On Tue, 29 May 2012 16:54:02 +0200, Joel Brobecker wrote: > > Therefore I have filed distro-wide (sure to be only FYI for FSF GDB, after/if > > it gets decided): > > https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/858 > > Yeah - perhaps it is a bad idea to ignore PYTHONPATH just on our own. So in the end Python upstream has decided the current behavior (not to do anything special at the Python-embedded apps side) is right: http://bugs.python.org/issue14956#msg161959 # No it shouldn't. As mentioned in the Fedora thread you linked, this is no # different than the user setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to something that screws up # a system installed program. Regards, Jan