New submission from Chris Caron <lead2g...@gmail.com>: The Windows install of Python 2.7.13 defaults it's install into **C:\Python27**. It creates several subdirectories within this; one of which is **C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\backports**. So just out of the box (without this script installed): ```python import backports print(backports.__path__) # C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\backports ```
I have a custom package that sets the sys.path(0, "new path") entry which works great in Linux. I ship all my modules and settings in this path. This to work great in Windows too 'except' for the reference to `backports`. Consider the block of code: ```python import sys from os import getcwd from os.path import join sys.path.insert(0, join(getcwd(), 'MyLibraries')) # Now if we import backports, we should find the one in our MyLibraries directory import backports print(backports.__path__) # Nope... :( # C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\backports # What's weird is it's not entirely broken... you can do the following: import chardet print(chardet.__path__) # Prints my path to MyLibraries/chardet # So the path is correct and other libraries are coming in correctly ``` What's really weird, is (in Windows) even if i delete the **C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\backports**, it still imports the module; so it's like part of the Python27 build in some way. `pip install` with the backports module I want works great because it drops the correct package in this 'lib/site-packages\backports' directory which is constantly being referenced. >From what I can see the Microsoft version of Python27 can't seem to stop >referencing (even when told not to) the _backports_ location. Linux works >perfectly (as intended) but having customers port to this isn't an option for >me. ---------- components: Windows messages: 304001 nosy: Chris Caron, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: backports import path can not be overridden in Windows (Linux works fine) type: behavior versions: Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue31741> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
