avoid breaking Python environment by prepending CIME paths to PYTHONPATH #4683
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add patch from PR ESMCI/cime#4683
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CIME currently carries out a full reset of the
PYTHONPATHenvironment variable. This is bad practice as other software in the user's session might rely on their paths being present inPYTHONPATHto be usable.For instance, in HPC clusters it's very common to use modules to load software packages on-demand and those modules will add the paths of the loaded Python software to
PYTHONPATH. In our case, we providelxmlas a module, which is one of the dependencies of CIME. Therefore, CIME is breaking itself by resettingPYTHONPATH.This PR changes how CIME handles
PYTHONPATHby prependingcime_rootandtools_pathtoPYTHONPATHinstead of fully replacing it. This achieves the same goal of ensuring that external python can correctly import the CIME module, without breaking the rest of the Python ecosystem in the user's session.Test suite: n/a
Test baseline: n/a
Test namelist changes: n/a
Test status: n/a
Fixes: no open issue, but I can make a new one if you wish
User interface changes?: N
Update gh-pages html (Y/N)?: N