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-rw-r--r-- | PC/getpathp.c | 36 |
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/PC/getpathp.c b/PC/getpathp.c index f32c9d3..f736899 100644 --- a/PC/getpathp.c +++ b/PC/getpathp.c @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ * When Python is hosted in another exe (different directory, embedded via COM, etc), the Python Home will not be deduced, so the core path from - the registry is used. Other "application paths "in the registry are + the registry is used. Other "application paths" in the registry are always read. * If Python can't find its home and there is no registry (eg, frozen @@ -576,6 +576,40 @@ calculate_path(void) buf = strchr(buf, '\0'); } *buf = '\0'; + /* Now to pull one last hack/trick. If sys.prefix is + empty, then try and find it somewhere on the paths + we calculated. We scan backwards, as our general policy + is that Python core directories are at the *end* of + sys.path. We assume that our "lib" directory is + on the path, and that our 'prefix' directory is + the parent of that. + */ + if (*prefix=='\0') { + char lookBuf[MAXPATHLEN+1]; + char *look = buf - 1; /* 'buf' is at the end of the buffer */ + while (1) { + int nchars; + char *lookEnd = look; + /* 'look' will end up one character before the + start of the path in question - even if this + is one character before the start of the buffer + */ + while (*look != DELIM && look >= module_search_path) + look--; + nchars = lookEnd-look; + strncpy(lookBuf, look+1, nchars); + lookBuf[nchars] = '\0'; + /* Up one level to the parent */ + reduce(lookBuf); + if (search_for_prefix(lookBuf, LANDMARK)) { + break; + } + /* If we are out of paths to search - give up */ + if (look < module_search_path) + break; + look--; + } + } } |