[issue6060] PYTHONHOME should be more flexible (and controllable by --libdir)

["Martin v. Löwis" <report@bugs.python.org> at psf.upfronthosting.co.za]

Martin v. Löwis <martin at v.loewis.de> added the comment:

> PYTHONHOME should point to the Python installation root, period.

And indeed, it does. After your proposed, changed, it wouldn't anymore.
The Python installation root is *not* the directory where the Python
library lives, but the parent directory in which both to find the python
executable (bin/python), and the library (lib/pythonX.Y).

As R. David Murray explains, there is no chance that this definition
could possibly change - it would break existing systems.

I'm not quite sure what you want to achieve: if you want an additional
directory to show up in sys.path, just edit Modules/Setup.

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