On Mar 8, 2006, at 4:28 PM, Samuel M. Smith wrote: >>>> >>>> The time machine strikes again :-). You can also install your own >>>> packages in ~/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages. That directory is >>>> a proper site-package, .pth files work in there. >>>> >>>> [...] >>> >>> Well I missed that one. Why doesn't ~/Library/Python/2.4/site- >>> packages show up in sys.path? >>> In what order is it searched relative to sys.path? >> >> It should be just after the system-wide site packages directory. It >> is added in site.py >> when 'Python.framework' is in sys.prefix, and the environment >> variable HOME is set. >> > > Since my sys.path did not have /Users/smithsm/Library/Python/2.4/site- > packages > > I checked > echo $HOME > /Users/smithsm > >>> sys.prefix > '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4' > > Then I checked ~/library/python and there was no /2.4/site-packages > So I created /Users/smithsm/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages > and then re ran python and this time it was in sys.path at the very > end. > > So does the new Python Installer create ~/Library/Python/2.4/site- > packages? Or must one create it manually?
One must create it manually. -bob _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
