The issue is that /usr/lib/python3/sysconfig.py is hardcoded to 'site- packages' (see _INSTALL_SCHEMES variable in the code). If your code uses sysconfig.get_path() to get the python3 site dir, it will fail on ubuntu.
So either the fix needs to change /usr/lib/python3/sysconfig.py or packages need to be fixed to use distutils -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to python3-defaults in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1408092 Title: sysconfig.get_path('purelib') points to site-packages directory Status in python3-defaults package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in python3.5 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: purelib and platlib paths in Python 3 sysconfig module point to site- packages directory: $ python3 -m sysconfig Platform: "linux-x86_64" Python version: "3.4" Current installation scheme: "posix_prefix" Paths: data = "/usr" include = "/usr/include/python3.4m" platinclude = "/usr/include/python3.4m" platlib = "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages" platstdlib = "/usr/lib/python3.4" purelib = "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages" scripts = "/usr/bin" stdlib = "/usr/lib/python3.4" ... whereas Python 2 points to dist-packages: Platform: "linux-x86_64" Python version: "2.7" Current installation scheme: "posix_local" Paths: data = "/usr/local" include = "/usr/local/include/python2.7" platinclude = "/usr/local/include/python2.7" platlib = "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages" platstdlib = "/usr/lib/python2.7" purelib = "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages" scripts = "/usr/local/bin" stdlib = "/usr/lib/python2.7" ... One severe consequence of this is that automake is installing Python modules to a location which is not in sys.path, namely site-packages directory. When one uses automake to create a Makefile that installs a Python module to the system, it is installed into /usr/local/lib/python3.4 /site-packages since automake/aclocal uses sysconfig to determine where the package will be installed. From /usr/share/aclocal-1.14/python.m4 file: AC_CACHE_CHECK([for $am_display_PYTHON script directory], [am_cv_python_pythondir], [if test "x$prefix" = xNONE then am_py_prefix=$ac_default_prefix else am_py_prefix=$prefix fi am_cv_python_pythondir=`$PYTHON -c " $am_python_setup_sysconfig if can_use_sysconfig: sitedir = sysconfig.get_path('purelib', vars={'base':'$am_py_prefix'}) <----------- else: from distutils import sysconfig ... Here, it can be seen that automake uses purelib path defined by the sysconfig module of Python. However, since this path is not included in sys.path, and thus the installed package cannot be used: $ python3 -c "import sys; print(sys.path)" ['', '/usr/lib/python3.4', '/usr/lib/python3.4/plat-x86_64-linux-gnu', '/usr/lib/python3.4/lib-dynload', '/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages'] Ubuntu version:14.10 $ apt-cache policy python3-minimal python3-minimal: Installed: 3.4.2-1 Candidate: 3.4.2-1 Version table: *** 3.4.2-1 0 500 http://mirror.23media.de/ubuntu/ utopic/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python3-defaults/+bug/1408092/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
