Eclipse/PyDev: Sync System PYTHONPATH runs continuously

Question

When Eclipse/PyDev is open I see an operation running in the background, over and over (as if stuck in an infinite loop), in the lower right status area telling me "Sync System PYTHONPATH (100%)". I have a single Python interpreter configured, everything runs fine, but I wonder if this continual update of the PYTHONPATH is something to be concerned about. Maybe there's something amiss which is triggering this sync operation to occur every second or so?

Eclipse: Version: Luna Service Release 1 (4.4.1) Build id: 20140925-1800 PyDev: Version: 3.9.0.201411111611

OS: Windows 7 64-bit

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

Answer 1

I managed to get rid of it by disabling "Check consistency when related files (i.e.: .py, .pth) in the PYTHONPATH change" in Eclipse Preferences -> PyDev -> Interpreters. Then, after restarting Eclipse, the infinite loop did not appear any more.

Note: This looks like a bug to me. I had the issue using LiClipse 1.4.0 but also had it with 1.0.0 so it does not seem to be very recent.