GH-145273: skip stdlib warning on module_search_paths_set

FFY00 · FFY00 · commit 0e31eca7ae39 · 2026-03-02T20:24:18.000Z
Signed-off-by: Filipe Laíns &lt;lains@riseup.net&gt;
diff --git a/Modules/getpath.py b/Modules/getpath.py
@@ -773,8 +773,10 @@ def search_up(prefix, *landmarks, test=isfile):
 # SANITY CHECKS
 # ******************************************************************************
 
-# Warn if the standard library is missing
-if not stdlib_zip or not isfile(stdlib_zip):
+# Warn if the standard library is missing, unless pythonpath_was_set was set, as
+# that skips parts of the stdlib directories calculation — assume the provided
+# pythonpath is correct. This is how subinterpreters initialize the path for eg.
+if not pythonpath_was_set and (not stdlib_zip or not isfile(stdlib_zip)):
     home_hint = f"The Python 'home' directory was set to {home!r}, is this correct?"
     if not stdlib_dir or not isdir(stdlib_dir):
         hint = home_hint if home else f'sys.prefix is set to {prefix}, is this correct?'
