On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Victor Stinner <victor.stin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> set PYTHONHOME=C:\ >>> python > > The issue #8766 is about PYTHONPATH environment variable, not > PYTHONHOME. Test on Linux with Python 3.4: > > $ PYTHONHOME=/x ./python > Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: Unable to get the locale encoding > ImportError: No module named 'encodings' > Abandon (core dumped) > > It's not a segfault, but an "abort". It's different: abort() is called > by the application (Python) when something goes wrong. In this case, > Python is unable to locate the standard library. It's not a bug: I > asked Python to look in /x directory, whereas this directory doesn't > exist.
I don't know what is abort() on Linux, but I believe coredumps is not something you want to get while setting some environment variable. On Windows it outputs a standard crash dialog box, which immediately raises questions about Python stability and potential exploitability in this direction. >> BTW, what is the role of PYTHONPATH on Windows? >> Is it a path for %INSTALLDIR%\Lib\site-packages? > > Same role than PYTHONPATH on Linux: specify where third party modules > are installed. I meant PYTHONHOME, sorry. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
