gh-149671: Restore compatibility with setuptools -nspkg.pth files in site module (#151319)
Inject the "sitedir" variable in the frame which executes ".pth" code.
diff --git a/Lib/site.py b/Lib/site.py
index b7f5c7f..d06549b 100644
--- a/Lib/site.py
+++ b/Lib/site.py
@@ -505,6 +505,11 @@ def _exec_imports(self):
# batch. In that case, PEP 829 says the import lines are
# suppressed in favor of the .start's entry points.
for filename, imports in self._importexecs.items():
+ # Inject 'sitedir' local variable in the current frame for
+ # compatibility with Python 3.14. Especially, "-nspkg.pth" files
+ # generated by setuptools use: sys._getframe(1).f_locals['sitedir'].
+ sitedir = os.path.dirname(filename)
+
# Given "/path/to/foo.pth", check whether "/path/to/foo.start" was
# registered in this same batch.
name, dot, pth = filename.rpartition(".")
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_site.py b/Lib/test/test_site.py
index 5fd65ad..bcb51ed 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_site.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_site.py
@@ -233,6 +233,20 @@ def test_addsitedir_hidden_file_attribute(self):
self.assertNotIn(site.makepath(pth_file.good_dir_path)[0], sys.path)
self.assertIn(pth_file.base_dir, sys.path)
+ def test_sitedir_variable(self):
+ # gh-149671: setuptools use of `-nspkg.pth` files in Python < 3.15.
+ code = '; '.join((
+ # Code used by "-nspkg.pth" files generated by setuptools.
+ "import sys",
+ "sitedir = sys._getframe(1).f_locals['sitedir']",
+ "print(sitedir)",
+ ))
+ pth_dir, pth_fn = self.make_pth(code)
+ with support.captured_stdout() as stdout:
+ known_paths = site.addpackage(pth_dir, pth_fn, set())
+ sitedir = stdout.getvalue().rstrip()
+ self.assertEqual(sitedir, pth_dir)
+
# This tests _getuserbase, hence the double underline
# to distinguish from a test for getuserbase
def test__getuserbase(self):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-11-11-52-23.gh-issue-149671.6Rpr5r.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-11-11-52-23.gh-issue-149671.6Rpr5r.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c08828
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-11-11-52-23.gh-issue-149671.6Rpr5r.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Restore compatibility with setuptools ``-nspkg.pth`` files in the :mod:`site`
+module. Inject ``sitedir`` variable in the frame which executes pth code.
+Patch by Victor Stinner.