From 6278dabe5ddd6c24bb8e2c9a34c5634c9e7a9b86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Friesdorf <flo@chaoflow.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 11:44:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] python: do not delete site.py for now as it breaks existing
 use cases

see #209, thx shlevy for reporting this
---
 pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/default.nix | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/default.nix
index cdf759aa7f6..8da833b0dc1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/default.nix
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ python.stdenv.mkDerivation (attrs // {
     # Remove any site.py files generated by easy_install as these
     # cause collisions. If pth files are to be processed a
     # corresponding site.py needs to be included in the PYTHONPATH.
-    rm -f "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/site.py*
+    #
+    # leave them until we have a better solution: see #209
+    #rm -f "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/site.py*
 
     ${postInstall}
   '';