From 2c99a2998cbc9abe495e5897dc908e485782a67a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Keffer <tkeffer@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 04:47:43 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Allow weewxd to run even if 'user' directory cannot be found

---
 src/weewx/__init__.py | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/weewx/__init__.py b/src/weewx/__init__.py
index 552b3393..17703b53 100644
--- a/src/weewx/__init__.py
+++ b/src/weewx/__init__.py
@@ -238,4 +238,12 @@ def initialize(config_dict, log_label):
     # Add the 'user' package to PYTHONPATH
     add_user_path(config_dict)
     # Now we can import user.extensions
-    importlib.import_module('user.extensions')
+    try:
+        importlib.import_module('user.extensions')
+    except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
+        import logging
+        msg = "Cannot find 'user' directory: %s" % e
+        print(msg, file=sys.stderr)
+        print("Proceeding", file=sys.stderr)
+        log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+        log.error(msg)