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Does the XAR file containing the Python executable itself, or, does running it rely on having Python installed on the host already?

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The current Python XARs rely on Python being on the system path. But it would be easy to build a custom Python XAR with the XAR builder library that includes the Python executable and makes sure to use the packaged executable.

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