2.3b2: Slow commands (several seconds) under SunOS / Sparc

[Roland Mas]

Jari Aalto, 2010-11-18 15:35:49 +0200 :

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> The use of "." by default seems to contribute to the performance
> problem. If I only knew why it is using it.

There's a thread on debian-devel mentioning that a line such as
"PYTHON_PATH=/foo/bar:$PYTHON_PATH" can end up with a value of
"/foo/bar:" (with the second component being empty), and that Python
interprets that as "/foo/bar:." (with a dot instead).  Might be worth
investigating. 

Roland.
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