[issue15426] On a x86_64 Linux workstation, the build-from-source is borked.

New submission from Shocked Pancake : On a x86_64 Linux workstation, when building from source with ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 --enable-ipv6 --with-threads --enable-shared --doc-dir=/usr/doc/python --mandir=/usr/man, almost all library get installed in /usr/lib and not

[issue5471] os.path.expanduser('~') doesnt works correctly when HOME is '/'

New submission from pancake : When the HOME path is just '/' python says that the home path is "" (zero length string) I was able to reproduce this issue in 2.5.2 and 2.6 (no idea about 3.0) Here's an example: $ HOME=/ python -c 'import os;print os.path.expanduse