Bugs item #1428789, was opened at 2006-02-10 02:55 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by loewis You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1428789&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Installation Group: None >Status: Closed >Resolution: Invalid Priority: 5 Submitted By: Karol Pietrzak (noodlez84) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: add /usr/local support Initial Comment: Generally, /usr/local support needs to be added for python. Many distributions already do this, either partially or completely, causing inconsistencies between Python installations among Linux distributions. 1. There should be a site-packages directory in /usr/local, probably /usr/local/lib/python/site-packages. Just like in /usr, it'll need the appropriate symlinks. x86_64 bit issues also need to be taken into account, so /usr/local/lib64/python2.4/site-packages should be the local site-packages directory for Python 2.4.x on a x86_64 machine. The reasons for these are numerous. $PATH contains /usr/local/bin, $GTK_PATH contains /usr/local, $MANPATH contains /usr/local/share/man, and $PKG_CONFIG_PATH contains /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig. Adding a site-packages directory in /usr/local will simply fill in the hole in the Python configuration. As the FHS points out, /usr may very well be mounted read-only for security purposes. /usr/local should be used instead, especially for non-system / testing software. 2. Distutils should install, by default, in the site-packages directory in /usr/local described in part (1). This will simply mimic the auto(conf| make|etc.) default installation path (isn't the default installation path for Python itself /usr/local?). For simplicity and consistency's sake, the default installation path for distutils should be the site-packages directory in /usr/local. If someone would point me in the right direction, I will gladly write the patch myself. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) Date: 2006-02-13 06:05 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=21627 I fail to see the bug in Python here. In the default configuration, Python does use site-packages in /usr/local, and distutils does install into /usr/local. So it appears that Python already does what you say you want. Apparently, you are talking about Linux here. However, even on Linux, Python installs to /usr/local by default. If Linux distributors chose to install it into /usr, then why can't they also arrange these other changes? To get /usr/local<something> into sys.path, either edit site.py, or add a file sitecustomize.py. At compile time, you can also edit Modules/Setup[.local] to set SITEPATH. To change the default installation directories, add a distutils.cfg into the distutils directory, or edit the unix_prefix scheme in command/install.py ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1428789&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
