Tarek Ziadé <ziade.ta...@gmail.com> added the comment: == prefix ==
With prefix, you need to make sure the target site-packages is in your PYTHONPATH: PYTHONPATH=/tmp/foo/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ python setup.py install --prefix=/tmp/foo And here, prefix is used as the base location, and the command uses the schemes defined for each platform. So stuff will be installed in /tmp/foo (bin/ , lib/python2.6, etc) == root == With root, you just need to provide a path: python setup.py install --root=/tmp/foo In this case, sys.prefix will be used relatively to root (location = root+sys.prefix), so for example, under Mac OS X, I have '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6' for sys.prefix. So stuff will be installed under /tmp/foo/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/ Since both options are used to define the base location, they are mutualy exclusive. That's how it works today. What are you trying to achieve exactly ? Btw: Please don't add Python 2.5 in the versions. Python 2.5 is not a target anymore. ---------- versions: -Python 2.5 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue8357> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
