On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 07:05:17AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> Here's a data point:
>
> $ python3.9
> Python 3.9.13 (main, Jun 8 2022, 09:45:57)
> [GCC 11.3.0] on linux
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import sysconfig
> >>> sysconfig.get_path('purelib')
> '/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages'
> >>> sysconfig.get_path('platlib')
> '/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages'
> >>>
>
> $ python3.10
> Python 3.10.5 (main, Jun 8 2022, 09:26:22) [GCC 11.3.0] on linux
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import sysconfig
> >>> sysconfig.get_path('purelib')
> '/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages'
> >>> sysconfig.get_path('platlib')
> '/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages'
> >>>
> [...]
And I should have added: in python3.9, the directories given do not
actually exist on a standard Debian system, whereas on python3.10 they
do.
There's a separate question of whether the directory given should
instead be /usr/lib/python3/site-packages, but that's far more
debatable.
Best wishes,
Julian
