> Let me first close the bug :-)
I disagree with closing the bug, see below.
>
> Please remove PYTHONPATH from environ or set it to
> /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/
>
> See this (from the source code):
>
> if "PYTHONPATH" in os.environ:
> path = os.path.abspath(os.environ["PYTHONPATH"])
> path = os.path.join(path, "pychess/Players/PyChess.py")
> else:
> path = os.path.dirname(imp.find_module("os")[1])
> path = os.path.join(path,
> "site-packages/pychess/Players/PyChess.py")
This fixes the problem:
export -n PYTHONPATH
However, user may redefie PYTHONPATH, and this is a bug in pychess,
see man python:
PYTHONPATH
Augments the default search path for module files. The format
is the same as the shell's $PATH: one or more directory
pathnames separated by colons. Non-existent directories are
silently ignored. The default search path is installation
dependent, but generally begins with ${prefix}/lib/python<ver‐
sion> (see PYTHONHOME above). The default search path is always
appended to $PYTHONPATH. If a script argument is given, the
directory containing the script is inserted in the path in front
of $PYTHONPATH. The search path can be manipulated from within
a Python program as the variable sys.path .
So the user may just add some or no directories to PYTHONPATH and the
default path is still appended. Of course, all other python programs
work, only pychess doesn't, because it screwes up the paths.
Ondrej
