Fix for Python library path problem

Eric S. Raymond esr at thyrsus.com
Thu Sep 28 00:54:44 UTC 2017


Gary E. Miller via devel <devel at ntpsec.org>:
> What we see that pip does, is edit the sys.path to include the 
> location an egg is installed.  That looks to me like a method
> to go forward with.

It looks to me like a fscking disaster, introducing yet another
complication that will cause us endless headaches.

What, now whether an NTPsec install works is going to depend on whether
popi has been run on some random package with an egg? No, no, and no.
That's horrible.
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