Xavier de Gaye added the comment:
get_config_vars() defined in distutils.sysconfig sets 'prefix' and
'exec_prefix' using sys.prefix (resp. sys.exec_prefix) on non nt platforms so
there is no problem. Closing the issue as not a bug.
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resolution: -> not a bug
stage: needs patch ->
New submission from Xavier de Gaye :
In function finalize_options() of Lib/distutils/command/install.py at
https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/575d0b46d122292ca6e0576a91265d7abf7cbc3d/Lib/distutils/command/install.py#L284
(prefix, exec_prefix) is set using get_config_vars(). This may be
