New submission from David Pritchard:
In importlib/_bootstrap.py, there is a function _fill_cache which crashes when
you try to run Python in any environment that is so restricted that write
permissions are not allowed. You get a trace like:
Traceback (most recent call last):
In line
David Pritchard added the comment:
Sorry, in the main text of my message, "write permissions" should say directory
execute permissions (permission to list contents of a directory)
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David Pritchard added the comment:
Here's an example where Python 3.3.0 crashes, but where the patched code works.
I have only been able to trigger the bug when PYTHONPATH is set (even if to an
empty value).
(1) create a directory
(2) chmod a-rw+x on that directory
(3) export PYTHO