Small variation on the above patch, using 2 environment variables:
PYTHONSITEDIR allows for local site-packages (that override system
site packages), and PYTHONNOSYSSITES skips system site-packages for
"clean-room" operation (similar to virtual-python.py --no-site-
packages).
--- /usr/lib/python2.5/site.py 2008-05-29 22:03:04.000000000 +0100
+++ /tmp/site.py 2008-09-09 19:56:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@
def addsitepackages(known_paths):
"""Add site-packages (and possibly site-python) to sys.path"""
+ sitedir = os.environ.get('PYTHONSITEDIR')
+ if sitedir and os.path.isdir(sitedir):
+ addsitedir(sitedir, known_paths)
+ if os.environ.get('PYTHONNOSYSSITES'):
+ return None
prefixes = [sys.prefix]
if sys.exec_prefix != sys.prefix:
prefixes.append(sys.exec_prefix)
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