Use sitecustomize.py
to implement environment layering
#5462
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Summary
After consultation with @carljm, we learned that modifying
PYTHONPATH
is insufficient, because Python won't resolve.pth
files (editables) in the base environment. We also saw in #5459 that continuously appending toPYTHONPATH
can have some unintended effects.This PR instead uses a
sitecustomize.py
in the ephemeral environment to add the base environment'ssite-packages
.Closes #5459.