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-rw-r--r--src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py
index e67ee192f99..a9edfed81be 100644
--- a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py
+++ b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class VPPValueError(ValueError):
class VPPApiJSONFiles:
@classmethod
- def find_api_dir(cls, dirs):
+ def find_api_dir(cls, dirs=[]):
"""Attempt to find the best directory in which API definition
files may reside. If the value VPP_API_DIR exists in the environment
then it is first on the search list. If we're inside a recognized
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ class VPPApiJSONFiles:
# in which case, plot a course to likely places in the src tree
import __main__ as main
+ if os.getenv("VPP_API_DIR"):
+ dirs.append(os.getenv("VPP_API_DIR"))
+
if hasattr(main, "__file__"):
# get the path of the calling script
localdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(main.__file__))