Issue #5845: avoid an exception at startup on OS X if no .editrc file exists.
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 @@
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: