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Author	Jonathon Reinhart
Recipients	Denis.Barmenkov, Jonathon Reinhart, aikinci, arekm, bbi5291, christian.heimes, eric.araujo, georg.brandl, grahamd, loewis, nadeem.vawda, ned.deily, neologix, serhiy.storchaka, tarek, vstinner, xuanji, zaytsev
Date	2016年01月05日.03:10:54
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Message-id	<1451963455.9.0.281825166783.issue10496@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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I have another scenario where this happens: Running Python in a Docker container, passing the --user option to 'docker run'. This sets the UID in the container, which has its own /etc/passwd. Couple this with the fact that $HOME might not be set (e.g. when Python is invoked from SCons which deliberately clears the environment for sub-processes), and boom, Python is non-functional. Regardless of where the fix is done, the ideal behavior is straightforward: if Python can't determine the home directory, don't try to add user site packages. This bug is now over 5 years old, and people have identified real-life various scenarios where this bug manifests itself, and submitted patches. Could we please address this?

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I have another scenario where this happens: Running Python in a Docker container, passing the --user option to 'docker run'. This sets the UID in the container, which has its own /etc/passwd. Couple this with the fact that $HOME might not be set (e.g. when Python is invoked from SCons which deliberately clears the environment for sub-processes), and *boom*, Python is non-functional.
Regardless of where the fix is done, the ideal behavior is straightforward: if Python can't determine the home directory, don't try to add user site packages.
This bug is now over 5 years old, and people have identified real-life various scenarios where this bug manifests itself, and submitted patches. Could we please address this?

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Date	User	Action	Args
2016年01月05日 03:10:56	Jonathon Reinhart	set	recipients: + Jonathon Reinhart, loewis, georg.brandl, arekm, vstinner, christian.heimes, nadeem.vawda, tarek, ned.deily, eric.araujo, grahamd, neologix, xuanji, bbi5291, Denis.Barmenkov, aikinci, serhiy.storchaka, zaytsev
2016年01月05日 03:10:55	Jonathon Reinhart	set	messageid: <1451963455.9.0.281825166783.issue10496@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2016年01月05日 03:10:55	Jonathon Reinhart	link	issue10496 messages
2016年01月05日 03:10:54	Jonathon Reinhart	create

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