Isn't virtualenv for this kind of scenario?

Pedro.

On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Dave Angel <d...@davea.name> wrote:
> On 05/04/2012 08:21 AM, Neal Becker wrote:
>> I'm testing some software I'm building against an alternative version of a
>> library.  So I have an alternative library in directory L.  Then I have in an
>> unrelated directory, the test software, which I need to use the library 
>> version
>> from directory L.
>>
>> One approach is to set PYTHONPATH whenever I run this test software.  Any
>> suggestion on a more foolproof approach?
>>
> Simply modify  sys.path  at the beginning of your test software.  That's
> where import searches.
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