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site.getusersitepackages() incorrectly claims that PYTHONNOUSERSITE is respected #85548
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closed_at = <Date 2020-10-11.18:35:11.130>
created_at = <Date 2020-07-23.15:22:11.754>
labels = ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', 'docs']
title = 'site.getusersitepackages() incorrectly claims that PYTHONNOUSERSITE is respected'
updated_at = <Date 2020-10-11.18:35:11.129>
user = 'https://github.com/pelson'bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2020-10-11.18:35:11.129>
actor = 'pablogsal'
assignee = 'docs@python'
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closed_date = <Date 2020-10-11.18:35:11.130>
closer = 'pablogsal'
components = ['Documentation']
creation = <Date 2020-07-23.15:22:11.754>
creator = 'pelson'
dependencies = []
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hgrepos = []
issue_num = 41376
keywords = ['patch']
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nosy_names = ['methane', 'docs@python', 'pelson', 'pablogsal', 'miss-islington']
pr_nums = ['21602', '22591', '22592']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = None
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue41376'
versions = ['Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10']
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pelson commentedon Jul 23, 2020
The documentation for site.getusersitepackages() states at https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/site.html#site.getusersitepackages:
Return the path of the user-specific site-packages directory, USER_SITE. If it is not initialized yet, this function will also set it, respecting PYTHONNOUSERSITE and USER_BASE.
Yet the implementation does not agree:
(same result for -s and -I flags)
methane commentedon Oct 8, 2020
New changeset 35f041d by Phil Elson in branch 'master':
bpo-41376: Fix the documentation of
site.getusersitepackages()(GH-21602)35f041d
miss-islington commentedon Oct 8, 2020
New changeset 5b1fdca by Miss Skeleton (bot) in branch '3.9':
bpo-41376: Fix the documentation of
site.getusersitepackages()(GH-21602)5b1fdca
pablogsal commentedon Oct 11, 2020
New changeset 1006f63 by Miss Skeleton (bot) in branch '3.8':
bpo-41376: Fix the documentation of
site.getusersitepackages()(GH-21602) (GH-22592)1006f63