Re: [pgAdmin4] [PATCH] Simplify Server's python setup

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 3:58 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:

> In the meantime, I'm thinking something like the attached patch would
> be more appropriate. The only issue I can find with it at the moment
> (having just tested on a Mac dev environment for now) is that if
> initialisation fails and you enter a new Python Executable path, the
> Py_Finalize()/Py_Initialize cycle isn't enough to make the change - it
> seems to be because Py_SetProgramName() doesn't have any effect when
> called again. In other words, you can give it the correct interpreter
> and hit OK to attempt to run the server again, but it still won't work
> until you actually restart the app.
>
> Any ideas?
>

Looking through the cpython code, Py_SetPath(NULL) clears the calculated
module search path again. Try calling this before the Py_Initialize.