Copying this 2.1.1 bugfix to the trunk:
Fix showstopper SF bug #442983: use of site.addsitedir() was broken
because it references the global dirs_in_sys_path which is deleted.
The fix avoids deleting that global.
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diff --git a/Lib/site.py b/Lib/site.py
index 7848553..9dfe6ce 100644
--- a/Lib/site.py
+++ b/Lib/site.py
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@
if os.path.isdir(sitedir):
addsitedir(sitedir)
-del dirs_in_sys_path
# Define new built-ins 'quit' and 'exit'.
# These are simply strings that display a hint on how to exit.