bpo-19891: Ignore error while writing history file (GH-8483)

(cherry picked from commit b2499669ef2e6dc9a2cdb49b4dc498e078167e26)

Co-authored-by: Anthony Sottile <asottile@umich.edu>

diff --git a/Lib/site.py b/Lib/site.py
index 1bd63ccf6a23537594b5fed1b67309913a862fae..86ca2dba61bf3c729eadd4c90bb0b664ae0b4dbd 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/site.py
+++ b/Lib/site.py
@@ -418,7 +418,16 @@ def enablerlcompleter():
                 readline.read_history_file(history)
             except IOError:
                 pass
-            atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, history)
+
+            def write_history():
+                try:
+                    readline.write_history_file(history)
+                except (FileNotFoundError, PermissionError):
+                    # home directory does not exist or is not writable
+                    # https://bugs.python.org/issue19891
+                    pass
+
+            atexit.register(write_history)
 
     sys.__interactivehook__ = register_readline
 

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-26-08-45-49.bpo-19891.Y-3IiB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-26-08-45-49.bpo-19891.Y-3IiB.rst
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..18e10f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-26-08-45-49.bpo-19891.Y-3IiB.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Ignore errors caused by missing / non-writable homedir while writing history
+during exit of an interactive session.  Patch by Anthony Sottile.