Backport #1442: report exception when startup file cannot be run.

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c914050..7e16119 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.5.3?
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Patch #1442: properly report exceptions when the PYTHONSTARTUP file
+  cannot be executed.
+
 - The compilation of a class nested in another class used to leak one
   reference on the outer class name.
 
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ Core and builtins
 - Issue #2238: Some syntax errors in *args and **kwargs expressions could give
   bogus error messages.
 
+
 Library
 -------
 
@@ -81,8 +85,9 @@ Build
 Windows
 -------
 
+
 What's New in Python 2.5.2?
-=============================
+===========================
 
 *Release date: 21-Feb-2008*
 
diff --git a/Modules/main.c b/Modules/main.c
index 80c0c04..1700b4e 100644
--- a/Modules/main.c
+++ b/Modules/main.c
@@ -134,6 +134,15 @@ static void RunStartupFile(PyCompilerFlags *cf)
 			(void) PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags(fp, startup, 0, cf);
 			PyErr_Clear();
 			fclose(fp);
+               } else {
+			int save_errno;
+			save_errno = errno;
+			PySys_WriteStderr("Could not open PYTHONSTARTUP\n");
+			errno = save_errno;
+			PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilename(PyExc_IOError,
+						       startup);
+			PyErr_Print();
+			PyErr_Clear();
 		}
 	}
 }