[New-bugs-announce] [issue7880] sysconfig does not like symlinks

[Florent Xicluna]

New submission from Florent Xicluna <laxyf at yahoo.fr>:

~ $ cd /tmp
 ~ $ ln -s /usr/local/bin/python .
 ~ $ ./python -c "import sys; print sys.executable"
'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
/tmp/python

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assignee: tarek
components: Library (Lib)
messages: 99027
nosy: ezio.melotti, flox, tarek
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: sysconfig does not like symlinks
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2

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