I'm posting here instead of to the BTS since this problem affects at least python2.3 and python2.4.
I tried installing the TurboGears (http://turbogears.org) mega-framework on my laptop running Debian unstable today and encountered a problem with .pth files not being created in /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages. The root of the problem was that distutils, as installed by python2.4, wasn't configured to know of /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages. Would it be possible for the python2.X packages to include the necessary /usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/distutils.cfg file to avoid others having the same problem? I mentioned this on the TurboGears list and here is what I got from Phillip J. Eby: >That would be good, as long as they also include the altinstall.pth so >that the .pth files in the /usr/local tree get handled. By having a >distutils/distutils.cfg with the defaults set as well, they will make >it easy for people to actually use /usr/local, and people won't have as >many problems using EasyInstall. They *do*, however, need to have the >/usr/local/ site-packages directory in sys.path come *before* the /usr >one, though, or locally installed packages won't be able to override >the system-installed ones. http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears/msg/e3ee7850dd53b6af The entire thread with me installing TurboGears is here: http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears/browse_frm/thread/468f39f5fe0a4aa9/e3ee7850dd53b6af#e3ee7850dd53b6af -- Regards Martin Skøtt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
