Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettin...@gmail.com> added the comment: > Environment variables aren't system-wide, they are > per-process (though they can be inherited by child processes).
Yes, that is how they work. It is not how they are used. Environment variables are commonly set in shell start-up scripts such as .bashrc and the results then affect every python application that gets run in any shell session. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue33499> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com