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authorAnthony Sottile <asottile@umich.edu>2018-08-06 01:28:19 -0700
committerINADA Naoki <methane@users.noreply.github.com>2018-08-06 17:28:19 +0900
commitb2499669ef2e6dc9a2cdb49b4dc498e078167e26 (patch)
tree28ffb82682d44f3eda4ff6f54211608a900139a4
parent336c945858055059a65134d4c501a85037d70d99 (diff)
downloadcpython-git-b2499669ef2e6dc9a2cdb49b4dc498e078167e26.tar.gz
bpo-19891: Ignore error while writing history file (GH-8483)
-rw-r--r--Lib/site.py11
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-26-08-45-49.bpo-19891.Y-3IiB.rst2
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/site.py b/Lib/site.py
index 4595244e2f..ffd132b389 100644
--- a/Lib/site.py
+++ b/Lib/site.py
@@ -439,7 +439,16 @@ def enablerlcompleter():
readline.read_history_file(history)
except OSError:
pass
- atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, history)
+
+ def write_history():
+ try:
+ readline.write_history_file(history)
+ except (FileNotFoundError, PermissionError):
+ # home directory does not exist or is not writable
+ # https://bugs.python.org/issue19891
+ pass
+
+ atexit.register(write_history)
sys.__interactivehook__ = register_readline
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-26-08-45-49.bpo-19891.Y-3IiB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-26-08-45-49.bpo-19891.Y-3IiB.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18e10f5aa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-26-08-45-49.bpo-19891.Y-3IiB.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Ignore errors caused by missing / non-writable homedir while writing history
+during exit of an interactive session. Patch by Anthony Sottile.