[issue9309] Add environment variable complementing command line option -no-user-cfg

Changes by Éric Araujo : -- components: +Distutils -Distutils2 resolution: -> rejected stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed versions: -3rd party ___ Python tracker _

[issue9309] Add environment variable complementing command line option -no-user-cfg

Éric Araujo added the comment: This is discussed on https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/88 I noticed that the original Sage bug report requested that no-user-cfg be supported in the global distutils config file; this is more acceptable than adding an environment variable. I’m not sure

[issue9309] Add environment variable complementing command line option -no-user-cfg

Alexander Dreyer added the comment: If a another solution via virtualenv could do it, I'd prefer that, too. -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue9309] Add environment variable complementing command line option -no-user-cfg

Éric Araujo added the comment: I’m not sure this is a distutils or virtualenv bug. I will defer to Tarek’s decision. -- ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue9309] Add environment variable complementing command line option -no-user-cfg

Michael Brickenstein added the comment: Actually, Sage acts in a similar way like virtualenvs do. In fact, config files are also a problem for virtualenv, see second red box here: http://wiki.pylonshq.com/display/pylonscookbook/Using+a+Virtualenv+Sandbox cite: --- Virtualenv is currently inco

[issue9309] Add environment variable complementing command line option -no-user-cfg

Alexander Dreyer added the comment: Of course, I mean: The error will *not* be detected... -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-l

[issue9309] Add environment variable complementing command line option -no-user-cfg

Alexander Dreyer added the comment: The idea is, that an environment variable can be set globally by the master-build system or the packaging system. In contrary, the --no-user-cfg switch has to be added to the build description of each individial package. For strongly community-driven projec

[issue9309] Add environment variable complementing command line option -no-user-cfg

Éric Araujo added the comment: If someone creates a .pydistutils.cfg file with a prefix option, it means to me that they want distutils to respect it. Can you explain to me why it’s always wrong to follow this option for Sage? Assuming you’ve convinced us prefix is bad, why can’t you require

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Alexander Dreyer added the comment: The patch is originating from Sage Days 24. Sage (http://www.sagemath.org) distributes a bunch of mathematical python-based software. The integration of the individual packages is done by individual people which might not use --no-user-cfg in their install

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Ray.Allen added the comment: I don't think this can go into python2.x. Besides, is it really worthy to add such a new environment variable? -- nosy: +ysj.ray ___ Python tracker

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Alexander Dreyer added the comment: Added better patch (checks environment first). -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mail

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[issue9309] Add environment variable complementing command line option -no-user-cfg

New submission from Alexander Dreyer : At the Sage Days 24 coding sprint the issue came up, that the setup.py install programs of several python-based tools pick the prefix-setting from ~/.pydistutils.cfg. http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/9536 In order to get this right, we suggest t