[Pythonmac-SIG] PyObjC and macOS 10.12 (Sierra)

[Glyph Lefkowitz]

> On Sep 20, 2016, at 10:29 AM, Andrew Jaffe <a.h.jaffe at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 17/09/2016 18:59, Glyph Lefkowitz wrote:
>> 
>>> On Sep 17, 2016, at 9:27 AM, Ned Deily <nad at python.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 2016-09-13 19:33, Glyph Lefkowitz wrote:
>>>>> On Sep 13, 2016, at 3:35 PM, Andrew Jaffe <a.h.jaffe at gmail.com
>>>>> <mailto:a.h.jaffe at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Aha!
>>>>> 
>>>>> $ ls -lt /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/
>>>>> total 0
>>>>> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  157 31 Jul 02:36 Extras.pth*
>>>>> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  119 31 Jul 02:36 README
>>>>> $ more /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/Extras.pth
>>>>> /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python
>>>>> /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/PyObjC
>>>>> 
>>>>> Now I wonder how those got there?!
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hah!  Thanks for sharing.  Very satisfying to actually make a *correct*
>>>> prediction about setuptools' behavior :)
>>> 
>>> This seems to be Apple's doing.  AFAICT, 10.12 is shipping with this
>>> Extras.pth file in /Library/Python/2.7; it's something new.  And,
>>> unfortunately, due to https://bugs.python.org/issue4865, the
>>> site-packages directory for the system Python 2.7 is included in
>>> sys.path along with the non-system framework Python site-packages.
>> 
>> Hrm.  I guess everyone I knew on the beta was using homebrew python :(.
>> 
>> I'm surprised that Apple is putting stuff in /Library.  I don't have a Sierra box handy - /Library isn't SIP-protected now, is it?
> 
> Nope, that's not a problem.
>> 
>> This seems wrong; someone should file a radar (and probably share on http://www.openradar.me <http://www.openradar.me/> for further discussion).
> 
> In the meantime, what's the recommended workaround?

Looking back over the thread, my first reply was: "Make a virtualenv and install pyobjc there", but I didn't see a direct response to that.  That would still be my first choice for a workaround.  Is there some reason that doesn't work for you?

-glyph
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