[issue1011113] Make “install” find the build_base directory

Steve Dower added the comment: Distutils is now deprecated (see PEP 632) and all tagged issues are being closed. From now until removal, only release blocking issues will be considered for distutils. If this issue does not relate to distutils, please remove the component and reopen it. If

[issue1011113] Make “install” find the build_base directory

STINNER Victor added the comment: This issue is 15 years old and has 3 patches: it's far from being "newcomer friendly", I remove the "Easy" label. -- keywords: -easy nosy: +vstinner ___ Python tracker

[issue1011113] Make “install” find the build_base directory

Sean McCully added the comment: Please advise any changes that need to be made, this is technically my second patch submission to cpython. I also had trouble running the unittests when backporting to 2.7. Look at distutils, there wasn't a clear method for linking commands to share common

[issue1011113] Make “install” find the build_base directory

Sean McCully added the comment: Attaching Python 2.7 patch. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file36338/issue103-py27.patch ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue103 ___

[issue1011113] Make “install” find the build_base directory

Sean McCully added the comment: Attachng Python 3.5/default branch patch. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file36337/issue103-default.patch ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue103

[issue1011113] Make “install” find the build_base directory

Ezio Melotti added the comment: Éric, can this be closed then? -- nosy: +ezio.melotti status: open - pending ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue103 ___

[issue1011113] Make “install” find the build_base directory

Éric Araujo added the comment: In my previous message I meant that I agreed with the original request, i.e. add --build-base to install. I will probably never have the time to write a patch. -- dependencies: -write a configure command status: pending - open

[issue1011113] Make “install” find the build_base directory

Changes by Mark Lawrence breamore...@yahoo.co.uk: -- components: -Distutils2 nosy: +dstufft versions: +Python 3.4, Python 3.5 -3rd party, Python 3.2, Python 3.3 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue103

[issue1011113] Make “install” find the build_base directory

Éric Araujo mer...@netwok.org added the comment: I’ve found a distutils commit that shows that this option was removed on purpose, because people might except that using “install -b foo” would affect the build command, but it does not. I don’t think it’s a problem. For people who run build

[issue1011113] Make “install” find the build_base directory

Éric Araujo mer...@netwok.org added the comment: Actually I think this bug can be fixed in distutils. -- components: +Distutils keywords: +easy resolution: remind - stage: - needs patch type: feature request - behavior versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3

[issue1011113] Make “install” find the build_base directory

Changes by Alexis Metaireau ale...@notmyidea.org: -- nosy: +alexis ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue103 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list