distutils appends '/local' to to user-specified install prefix
Bug #338395 reported by
Christopher Williams
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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python2.6 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
In python2.6 2.6.1-1ubuntu1 on jaunty, distutils has been patched to make a bare 'python setup.py install' use /usr/local instead of /usr (distutils-
A better solution might be to modify the default prefix to /usr/local and make ubuntu packages override it.
Changed in python2.6 (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in python2.6 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
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This breaks the whole sugar-jhbuild environment [1] on Ubuntu Jaunty as Python packages will install to the wrong path.
[1] http:// wiki.sugarlabs. org/go/ DevelopmentTeam /Jhbuild