From 9d351332a7b65e8e03725bc469b7989ccd68143f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Dickinson Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 15:39:31 +0200 Subject: Issue #5845: avoid an exception at startup on OS X if no .editrc file exists. --- Lib/site.py | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Lib/site.py b/Lib/site.py index f13d4b4..96a4bef 100644 --- a/Lib/site.py +++ b/Lib/site.py @@ -478,7 +478,15 @@ def enablerlcompleter(): readline.parse_and_bind('bind ^I rl_complete') else: readline.parse_and_bind('tab: complete') - readline.read_init_file() + + try: + readline.read_init_file() + except OSError: + # An OSError here could have many causes, but the most likely one + # is that there's no .inputrc file (or .editrc file in the case of + # Mac OS X + libedit) in the expected location. In that case, we + # want to ignore the exception. + pass history = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.python_history') try: -- cgit v0.12