[Osgeo4w-trac] [osgeo4w] #392: sys.exec_prefix does not point to folder with pythonw.exe thus introducing inconsistency, e.g. with multiprocessing in QGIS plugins

OSGeo4W trac_osgeo4w at osgeo.org
Tue Nov 12 10:47:45 PST 2013


#392: sys.exec_prefix does not point to folder with pythonw.exe thus introducing
inconsistency,e.g. with multiprocessing in QGIS plugins
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Reporter:  mlt     |        Owner:  osgeo4w-dev@…              
    Type:  defect  |       Status:  closed                     
Priority:  major   |    Component:  Installer                  
 Version:          |   Resolution:  invalid                    
Keywords:  python  |  
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Comment(by mlt):

 Replying to [comment:3 jef]:
 > Or
 {{{multiprocessing.set_executable(distutils.spawn.find_executable("pythonw.exe"))}}}

 I wonder if there is a danger to pick up wrong python this way as there
 are common scenarios to have a few python installations and non-OSGeo4W
 may be on the PATH.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ticket/392#comment:4>
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