[issue10496] "import site failed" when Python can't find home directory (sysconfig._getuserbase)

[Tarek Ziadé]

Tarek Ziadé <ziade.tarek at gmail.com> added the comment:

As discussed w/ Victor, a process should be able to run Python even if its user does not have a home.

So the call to _getuserbase() should be protected. 

But then we have to control that all the code that uses  CONFIG_VARS['userbase'] is protected when the value is not set.

I am thinking about per-user installation and such things: we need to make sure everything is checking this.

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