@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ What's New in Python 3.1.3?
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #10077: Fix logging of site module errors at startup.
+
 - Issue #9713, #10114: Parser functions (eg. PyParser_ASTFromFile) expects
   filenames encoded to the filesystem encoding with surrogateescape error
   handler (to support undecodable bytes), instead of UTF-8 in strict mode.
 
@@ -721,14 +721,17 @@ initsite(void)
         if (f == NULL || f == Py_None)
             return;
         if (Py_VerboseFlag) {
+            PyObject *type, *value, *traceback;
+            PyErr_Fetch(&type, &value, &traceback);
             PyFile_WriteString(
                 "'import site' failed; traceback:\n", f);
+            PyErr_Restore(type, value, traceback);
             PyErr_Print();
         }
         else {
+            PyErr_Clear();
             PyFile_WriteString(
               "'import site' failed; use -v for traceback\n", f);
-            PyErr_Clear();
         }
     }
     else {
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -721,14 +721,17 @@ initsite(void)`
`721`	`721`	`if (f == NULL \|\| f == Py_None)`
`722`	`722`	`return;`
`723`	`723`	`if (Py_VerboseFlag) {`
	`724`	`+ PyObject type, value, *traceback;`
	`725`	`+ PyErr_Fetch(&type, &value, &traceback);`
`724`	`726`	`PyFile_WriteString(`
`725`	`727`	`"'import site' failed; traceback:\n", f);`
	`728`	`+ PyErr_Restore(type, value, traceback);`
`726`	`729`	`PyErr_Print();`
`727`	`730`	`}`
`728`	`731`	`else {`
	`732`	`+ PyErr_Clear();`
`729`	`733`	`PyFile_WriteString(`
`730`	`734`	`"'import site' failed; use -v for traceback\n", f);`
`731`		`- PyErr_Clear();`
`732`	`735`	`}`
`733`	`736`	`}`
`734`	`737`	`else {`