Subject: Re: bug#52269: [core-updates-frozen] sitecustomize.py does not honor .pth files

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:12:12 +0100

Hello Maxim,

Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]> skribis:

>>>From 762357609270ab016236d22999ae5cfc3fe4ff28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
> Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2021 22:36:26 -0500
> Subject: [PATCH] sitecustomize.py: Honor .pth files.
>
> Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/52269>.
>
> * gnu/packages/aux-files/python/sitecustomize.py: Use site.addsitedirs to add
> the site directories; this takes care of the .pth files.  Make sure the added
> items still appear before Python's own 'site-packages' directory.

I had completely overlooked this patch.

Lars had useful comments about it.

Do we need to address this before we merge ‘core-updates-frozen’ into
‘master’?

If so, what changes need to be made to the patch before it can be
applied?

TIA!

Ludo’.