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author | Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> | 2013-05-06 15:39:31 +0200 |
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committer | Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> | 2013-05-06 15:39:31 +0200 |
commit | 022cb1648e27d754be23e05455c2fd9b33320b1f (patch) | |
tree | d9cea4ff82b21a5a7e8da252a492c5c82172eb4b | |
parent | 5930b96e410cea9b9ac3ac4b0146de765bd8506b (diff) | |
download | cpython-022cb1648e27d754be23e05455c2fd9b33320b1f.tar.gz |
Issue #5845: avoid an exception at startup on OS X if no .editrc file exists.
-rw-r--r-- | Lib/site.py | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/site.py b/Lib/site.py index f13d4b4e4a..96a4bef71e 100644 --- a/Lib/site.py +++ b/Lib/site.py @@ -478,7 +478,15 @@ def enablerlcompleter(): readline.parse_and_bind('bind ^I rl_complete') else: readline.parse_and_bind('tab: complete') - readline.read_init_file() + + try: + readline.read_init_file() + except OSError: + # An OSError here could have many causes, but the most likely one + # is that there's no .inputrc file (or .editrc file in the case of + # Mac OS X + libedit) in the expected location. In that case, we + # want to ignore the exception. + pass history = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.python_history') try: |