For me, installing with --prefix=/usr/local still installs into a
directory (/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/). That choice is OK
with me, but the problem is that this directory is not in the default
search path and so the original bug has not been resolved and this
breaks installations of third-party packages that used to work in 8.10.
Here's an example showing that installing a package (rdiff-backup in
this case) with the --prefix=/usr/local puts it in a location that is
not in the python search path:
/usr/local/src/rdiff-backup-1.2.5 (450) $ dpkg -l python
...
ii python 2.6.2-0ubuntu1 An
interactive high-level object-oriented language (default version)
/usr/local/src/rdiff-backup-1.2.5 (453) $ sudo python setup.py install
--prefix=/usr/local --record files-installed
running install
...
writing list of installed files to 'files-installed'
/usr/local/src/rdiff-backup-1.2.5 (454) $ grep Main.pyc files-installed
/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.pyc
/usr/local/src/rdiff-backup-1.2.5 (457) $ rdiff-backup --version
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/rdiff-backup", line 20, in <module>
import rdiff_backup.Main
ImportError: No module named rdiff_backup.Main
/usr/local/src/rdiff-backup-1.2.5 (462) $ sudo bash -c 'echo
"/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/" >/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-
packages/local.pth'
/usr/local/src/rdiff-backup-1.2.5 (464) $ rdiff-backup --version
rdiff-backup 1.2.5
So I think /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ needs to be added to
the default search path.
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Python distutils installs into 'site-packages' instead of 'dist-packages' when
a prefix is set
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/362570
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