Do I need to have site.py available or not ?

[marcus.obrien]

Hi,
on startup my embedded python comes up with "import site failed use
-v". Later python crashes on Pyrun_file(). This is the first time I
have used python and I would like to know does it require site.py to be
read in, and has anyone got an idea how to pass in the -v without using
the python -v command, ie the embedded way. Thanks very much.

Marcus.

 

[Terry Reedy]

Hi,
on startup my embedded python comes up with "import site failed use
-v". Later python crashes on Pyrun_file(). This is the first time I
have used python and I would like to know does it require site.py to be
read in, and has anyone got an idea how to pass in the -v without using
the python -v command, ie the embedded way. Thanks very much.

If by embedded you mean embedded in a C/C++ program, I would look to the
doc for the C API function that you use to start it up to see whether there
is a way to pass in argv flags or to have the same effect.

TJR

 

[Reinhold Birkenfeld]

If by embedded you mean embedded in a C/C++ program, I would look to the
doc for the C API function that you use to start it up to see whether there
is a way to pass in argv flags or to have the same effect.

Also note that '-v' doesn't do what you want here, it merely activates verbose
mode so that you can find the cause for above error. You want '-S'.

Reinhold

 

[Thomas Heller]

Also note that '-v' doesn't do what you want here, it merely activates verbose
mode so that you can find the cause for above error. You want '-S'.

I would say that "import site failed" means that something is wrong.
The '-v' flag helps to find out what and why. The PYTHONVERBOSE
environment variable does the same.

Thomas