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authorVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com>2010-03-11 12:34:39 (GMT)
committerVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com>2010-03-11 12:34:39 (GMT)
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Issue #7774: Set sys.executable to an empty string if argv[0] has been
set to an non existent program name and Python is unable to retrieve the real program name. Fix also sysconfig: if sys.executable is an empty string, use the current working directory.
Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/sysconfig.py')
-rw-r--r--Lib/sysconfig.py7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/sysconfig.py b/Lib/sysconfig.py
index 69264d2..a11a412 100644
--- a/Lib/sysconfig.py
+++ b/Lib/sysconfig.py
@@ -84,7 +84,12 @@ _PREFIX = os.path.normpath(sys.prefix)
_EXEC_PREFIX = os.path.normpath(sys.exec_prefix)
_CONFIG_VARS = None
_USER_BASE = None
-_PROJECT_BASE = os.path.dirname(realpath(sys.executable))
+if sys.executable:
+ _PROJECT_BASE = os.path.dirname(realpath(sys.executable))
+else:
+ # sys.executable can be empty if argv[0] has been changed and Python is
+ # unable to retrieve the real program name
+ _PROJECT_BASE = realpath(os.getcwd())
if os.name == "nt" and "pcbuild" in _PROJECT_BASE[-8:].lower():
_PROJECT_BASE = realpath(os.path.join(_PROJECT_BASE, pardir))