Re: Egg problem (~/.python-eggs)

2006-09-01 Thread paul kölle
Mike Orr wrote: [... snipp ...] > Can I make it use a different eggs directory? Any other idea how to > install a program using eggs on a server? I had a similar issue with tracd on gentoo. My solution was setting PYTHON_EGG_CACHE=/tmp/.egg_cache in /etc/conf.d/tracd and exporting that var in /e

Re: Egg problem (~/.python-eggs)

2006-08-30 Thread Damjan
>> I'm trying to install a program that uses Durus on a server. It >> appears that if a Python program uses eggs, it creates a >> ~/.python-eggs/ directory, so the home directory must be writeable. >> This conflicts with server environments where you want to run a daemon >> with minimum privilege

Re: Egg problem (~/.python-eggs)

2006-08-30 Thread Mike Orr
Mike Orr wrote: > I'm trying to install a program that uses Durus on a server. It > appears that if a Python program uses eggs, it creates a > ~/.python-eggs/ directory, so the home directory must be writeable. > This conflicts with server environments where you want to run a daemon > with minimum