New submission from Barry Alan Scott <barry-sc...@users.sourceforge.net>:
By default the python macOS installer will edit .bash_profile and .zsh_profile to add Python to the path. For many users this is a problem that requires the added lines to be removed after each install. I suggest that there is a mechanism that the user can use to tell the installer to leave the files as is. Once option could be to add a marker in the profile files that when present turns off the editing. For example a comment like: # python: no-path-edit Another possiblity is for the user to create a marker file that is checked for: touch ~/Library/Preferences/org.python.no-path.edit Any reasonable mechinism would be a great help. ---------- components: Installation messages: 386647 nosy: barry-scott priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: macOS python install need mechanism to prevent editing shell profile files versions: Python 3.10, Python 3.9 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue43167> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
