Why doesn't Python exit from a raised exception when executed with an absolute path?

Question

SOLVED: Rebooting the machine appears to have removed the issue. I will update if the problem returns.

I\'m having an issue where Python2.6 hangs after

Answer 1

• please inspect sys.path for non absolute directories.
• you can always break into it with a debugger, e.g. gdb
• sometimes I have stuff in PYTHONSTARTUP, which causes the interactive interpreter to do something different...
• strace can aslo be your friend