Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: python2.6
When running a setup.py script with distutils in Jaunty like this:
$ python setup.py install
modules get installed at '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages'.
In contrast, when running
$ python setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local
modules get installed at '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages'.
In the same way
$ python setup.py install --prefix=/usr
installs modules at '/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages'.
The problem is that '/usr/[local/]lib/python2.6/site-packages' is not
part of the default sys.path .
Maybe this is intended but I would expect that specifying an install
prefix like 'usr' or 'usr/local' still installs modules to a place which
is in Python's default search path - it worked this way in Ubuntu <=
8.10 .
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: python2.6 2.6.2~rc1-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: python2.6
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
** Affects: python2.6 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386
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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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