[issue6060] PYTHONHOME should be more flexible (and controllable by --libdir)

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: > PYTHONHOME should point to the Python installation root, period. And indeed, it does. After your proposed, changed, it wouldn't anymore. The Python installation root is *not* the directory where the Python library lives, but the parent directory in which bot

[issue6060] PYTHONHOME should be more flexible (and controllable by --libdir)

Changes by Martin v. Löwis : -- resolution: -> wont fix status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing lis

[issue6060] PYTHONHOME should be more flexible (and controllable by --libdir)

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: > Martin v. Löwis: What I want is simply to be able to use --libdir to > tell ./configure where to put standard Python libs, and I want my Python > installation to recognize this lib location without having to hack > PYTHONPATH or PYTHONHOME or anything else.

[issue6060] PYTHONHOME should be more flexible (and controllable by --libdir)

soundmurderer added the comment: OK, I'm convinced. Changing PYTHONHOME is bad. But I am all in favor R. David Murray's solution of extending to include something like PYTHONHOMELIB. Martin v. Löwis: What I want is simply to be able to use --libdir to tell ./configure where to put standard Py

[issue6060] PYTHONHOME should be more flexible (and controllable by --libdir)

R. David Murray added the comment: PYTHONHOME is defined as 'prefix:exec-prefix'. Given that definition the library must be resolved relatively by appending 'lib/pythonX.Y'. Given the long standing nature of this interface, I doubt the meaning can be changed. It might be possible to _extend_

[issue6060] PYTHONHOME should be more flexible (and controllable by --libdir)

New submission from soundmurderer : The PYTHONHOME variable does not allow complete control over making a Python installation find its own libs because "lib/pythonX.Y" gets appended to it, see: http://docs.python.org/using/cmdline.html#envvar-PYTHONHOME For example, let's say my Python insta