From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:37:16 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: [ 959576 ] Can't build Python on POSIX w/o $HOME (backport)
X-Git-Tag: v2.4.3c1~168
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=27a2fab81c0bd8201a427dea8d73fd56d5e84b42;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

[ 959576 ] Can't build Python on POSIX w/o $HOME (backport)
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0f46ed36b964..32ec933ecb99 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.4.3c1?
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Bug #959576: The pwd module is now builtin. This allows Python to be
+  built on UNIX platforms without $HOME set.
+
 - Bug #1379994: Builtin unicode_escape and raw_unicode_escape codec
   now encodes backslash correctly.
 
diff --git a/Modules/Setup.dist b/Modules/Setup.dist
index 802a0485a6ed..dcda584269b4 100644
--- a/Modules/Setup.dist
+++ b/Modules/Setup.dist
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ PYTHONPATH=$(COREPYTHONPATH)
 
 posix posixmodule.c		# posix (UNIX) system calls
 errno errnomodule.c		# posix (UNIX) errno values
+pwd pwdmodule.c			# this is needed to find out the user's home dir
+				# if $HOME is not set
 _sre _sre.c			# Fredrik Lundh's new regular expressions
 _codecs _codecsmodule.c		# access to the builtin codecs and codec registry
 
@@ -186,7 +188,6 @@ GLHACK=-Dclear=__GLclear
 # supported...)
 
 #fcntl fcntlmodule.c	# fcntl(2) and ioctl(2)
-#pwd pwdmodule.c		# pwd(3) 
 #grp grpmodule.c		# grp(3)
 #select selectmodule.c	# select(2); not on ancient System V