[Python-checkins] bpo-19891: Ignore error while writing history file (GH-8483)
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e20d31cdb33bdfee68bce059f9a9c7ce71b035fe
commit: e20d31cdb33bdfee68bce059f9a9c7ce71b035fe
branch: 3.6
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
date: 2018-08-06T02:15:42-07:00
summary:
bpo-19891: Ignore error while writing history file (GH-8483)
(cherry picked from commit b2499669ef2e6dc9a2cdb49b4dc498e078167e26)
Co-authored-by: Anthony Sottile <asottile at umich.edu>
files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-26-08-45-49.bpo-19891.Y-3IiB.rst
M Lib/site.py
diff --git a/Lib/site.py b/Lib/site.py
index 1bd63ccf6a23..86ca2dba61bf 100644
--- a/Lib/site.py
+++ b/Lib/site.py
@@ -418,7 +418,16 @@ def register_readline():
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
index 000000000000..18e10f5aa3d6
--- /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.
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