Add all /gnu/store/ prefixes found in PYTHONPATH to the prefixes where site-packages (and .pth files) are searched. *** Python-2.7.11/Lib/site.py.orig 2016-10-17 23:27:23.746149690 +0200 --- Python-2.7.11/Lib/site.py 2016-10-17 23:44:51.930871644 +0200 *************** *** 65,70 **** --- 65,82 ---- # Prefixes for site-packages; add additional prefixes like /usr/local here PREFIXES = [sys.prefix, sys.exec_prefix] + # Guix: Add all /gnu/store-paths in PYTHONPATH--these are all + # "prefixes". This is required to search .pth files in all python + # packages contained in /gnu/store which is required to make + # .pth-defined namespace packages work. + # This is necessary if the packages are not merged into a single + # `site-packages` directory (like when using `guix environment`) but + # listed in PYTHONPATH (like when running `guix build`). + for p in sys.path: + if p.startswith('/gnu/store/'): + PREFIXES.append(p[:p.find('/', 44)]) # find first pathsep after hash + del p + # Enable per user site-packages directory # set it to False to disable the feature or True to force the feature ENABLE_USER_SITE = None