Append /usr/local/lib to sys.path if import fails

[sezanzeb]

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[sezanzeb]

@skitt am I doing something bad with this change? Maybe there is a good reason why sys.path is not containing /usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages when udev triggers the script.

[skitt]

I don’t think you’re doing anything bad, that directory should be in sys.path:

$ python3
Python 3.12.8 (main, Dec 13 2024, 13:19:48) [GCC 14.2.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sys
>>> print(sys.path)
['', '/usr/lib/python312.zip', '/usr/lib/python3.12', '/usr/lib/python3.12/lib-dynload', '/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages']

I haven’t checked whether udev is doing anything special.

[sezanzeb]

Thanks a lot for looking at this. Yeah, in udev it is different:

udev:

Dez 30 13:43:30 proxima (udev-worker)[57992]: (...) '['/usr/bin', '/lib/python312.zip', '/lib/python3.12', '/lib/python3.12/lib-dynload', '/lib/python3/dist-packages']'

sudo:

➜  ~ sudo python3 -c "import sys; print(sys.path)"
['', '/usr/lib/python312.zip', '/usr/lib/python3.12', '/usr/lib/python3.12/lib-dynload', '/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages', '/mnt/data/Code/input-remapper-2', '/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/evdev-1.7.1-py3.12-linux-x86_64.egg', '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages']

as user:

➜  ~ python3 -c "import sys; print(sys.path)"
['', '/usr/lib/python312.zip', '/usr/lib/python3.12', '/usr/lib/python3.12/lib-dynload', '/home/mango/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages', '/mnt/data/Code/music-library-sync', '/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages', '/mnt/data/Code/input-remapper-2', '/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/evdev-1.7.1-py3.12-linux-x86_64.egg', '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages']