Fix issue #4865: add /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages to
sys.path on OSX, to make it easier to share (some) installed
packages between the system install and a user install.
diff --git a/Lib/site.py b/Lib/site.py
index 21c7db2..abe6687 100644
--- a/Lib/site.py
+++ b/Lib/site.py
@@ -275,13 +275,15 @@
if sys.platform == "darwin":
# for framework builds *only* we add the standard Apple
- # locations. Currently only per-user, but /Library and
- # /Network/Library could be added too
+ # locations.
if 'Python.framework' in prefix:
sitedirs.append(
os.path.expanduser(
os.path.join("~", "Library", "Python",
sys.version[:3], "site-packages")))
+ sitedirs.append(
+ os.path.join("/Library", "Python",
+ sys.version[:3], "site-packages"))
for sitedir in sitedirs:
if os.path.isdir(sitedir):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1de2458..b0ae319 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-+++++++++++
-Python News
++++++++++++ Python News
+++++++++++
(editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
@@ -12,6 +11,9 @@
Core and Builtins
-----------------
+- Issue #4865: On MacOSX /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages is added to
+ the end sys.path, for compatibility with the system install of Python.
+
- Issue #4688: Add a heuristic so that tuples and dicts containing only
untrackable objects are not tracked by the garbage collector. This can
reduce the size of collections and therefore the garbage collection overhead