Author: Philip Taron <philip.taron@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Jan 4 12:22:38 2025 -0800

    fontforge: add an initial value for `sys.path`

diff --git a/fontforge/python.c b/fontforge/python.c
index e18d77d43..2e312eeb4 100644
--- a/fontforge/python.c
+++ b/fontforge/python.c
@@ -19576,6 +19576,11 @@ void FontForge_InitializeEmbeddedPython(void) {
     PyStatus status;
     PyConfig_InitPythonConfig(&config);
 
+    status = PyConfig_SetBytesString(&config, &config.pythonpath_env, "@python@");
+    if (PyStatus_Exception(status)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to set the Python search path: %s\n", status.err_msg);
+    }
+
     status = PyConfig_SetBytesString(&config, &config.program_name,
                                      "fontforge");
     if (PyStatus_Exception(status)) {