Distutils does honor PYTHONUSERBASE, but it only does so when using --user (which is what I expect). When I do *not* use --user whether PYTHONUSERBASE is set or not should not matter, but in ubuntu it does. Let me try to show what I mean with an example:
Create a setup.py containing just: from distutils.core import setup; setup(py_modules=['bug']) bug.py is an empty file in the same directory. Now with PYTHONUSERBASE unset: "python setup.py install" installs into /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bug.py "python setup.py install --user" installs into /home/marienz/.local/lib/python2.6/site-packages With PYTHONUSERBASE=$HOME: "python setup.py install" installs into /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages "python setup.py install --user" installs into /home/marienz/lib/python2.6/site-packages/bug.py The behavior of "python setup.py install --user" is what I expect: python is honoring PYTHONUSERBASE just fine there. What I do not understand is why PYTHONUSERBASE is affecting "setup.py install" *without* --user. After all the documentation says this sets the *user- specific* site directory, defaulting to ~/.local. "python setup.py --install" *without* --user should not care about what the user-specific site directory is. -- PYTHONUSERBASE should not affect distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib and friends https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/476005 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
