[issue29525] Python 2.7.13 for Windows broken (from prompt)

2017-02-13 Thread Frak N
Frak N added the comment: Excellent analysis guys! Thank you! The -X faulthandler option didn't work. The -S -v, however, did. Finally, renaming and deleting the readline entries fixed it such that I can now launch the REPL. Question. What does " disables the site module" for the

[issue29525] Python 2.7.13 for Windows broken (from prompt)

2017-02-10 Thread Frak N
Frak N added the comment: c:\Python27>SET PY Environment variable PY not defined I don't know anything about readline or how to find what uses it. -- ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.or

[issue29525] Python 2.7.13 for Windows broken (from prompt)

2017-02-10 Thread Frak N
New submission from Frak N: I used to have an older version of python 2.7 that has worked for years. I just upgraded to 2.7.13 for Windows, 32 bit and now, I can't get the interpreter to run from the command line. It just returns to the DOS prompt. c:\Python27>python Python 2.7.13 (v2.7