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@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@ search path.
It starts by constructing up to four directories from a head and a
tail part. For the head part, it uses \code{sys.prefix} and
\code{sys.exec_prefix}; empty heads are skipped. For
-the tail part, it uses the empty string (on Windows) or
-\file{lib/python\shortversion/site-packages} (on \UNIX{} and Macintosh)
-and then \file{lib/site-python}. For each of the distinct
-head-tail combinations, it sees if it refers to an existing directory,
-and if so, adds it to \code{sys.path} and also inspects the newly added
-path for configuration files.
+the tail part, it uses the empty string and then
+\file{lib/site-packages} (on Windows) or
+\file{lib/python\shortversion/site-packages} and then
+\file{lib/site-python} (on \UNIX{} and Macintosh). For each of the
+distinct head-tail combinations, it sees if it refers to an existing
+directory, and if so, adds it to \code{sys.path} and also inspects
+the newly added path for configuration files.
\indexii{site-python}{directory}
\indexii{site-packages}{directory}