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authorSandro Mani <manisandro@gmail.com>2020-06-08 15:28:11 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-06-08 15:28:11 (GMT)
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bpo-40854: Allow overriding sys.platlibdir via PYTHONPLATLIBDIR env-var (GH-20605)
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+Allow overriding :data:`sys.platlibdir` via a new :envvar:`PYTHONPLATLIBDIR` environment variable.
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@@ -413,6 +413,8 @@ inserted in the path in front of $PYTHONPATH.
The search path can be manipulated from within a Python program as the
variable
.IR sys.path .
+.IP PYTHONPLATLIBDIR
+Override sys.platlibdir.
.IP PYTHONSTARTUP
If this is the name of a readable file, the Python commands in that
file are executed before the first prompt is displayed in interactive