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authorSteve Dower <steve.dower@microsoft.com>2017-02-04 15:39:38 -0800
committerSteve Dower <steve.dower@microsoft.com>2017-02-04 15:39:38 -0800
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Issue #29319: Prevent RunMainFromImporter overwriting sys.path[0].
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@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ searched for site-packages; otherwise they won't.
A path configuration file is a file whose name has the form :file:`{name}.pth`
and exists in one of the four directories mentioned above; its contents are
additional items (one per line) to be added to ``sys.path``. Non-existing items
-are never added to ``sys.path``. No item is added to ``sys.path`` more than
+are never added to ``sys.path``, and no check is made that the item refers to a
+directory rather than a file. No item is added to ``sys.path`` more than
once. Blank lines and lines beginning with ``#`` are skipped. Lines starting
with ``import`` (followed by space or tab) are executed.