On 12/05/2017 11:57 PM, Richard Laager via devel wrote:
From my reading of that wiki page, the distro-packaged Python uses
dist-packages whenever stock Python would use site-packages. This way,
if you install the distro Python package *and* Python from source, you
can install modules for each and they don't conflict. Modules for the
distro-packaged Python go in dist-packages, and modules for the
source-built Python go in site-packages.
Debian, distro Python, prefix = /usr (e.g. the ntpsec package):
/usr/lib/python<ver>/dist-packages
Debian, source Python, prefix = /usr (e.g. not a great idea):
/usr/lib/python<ver>/site-packages
Debian, distro Python, prefix = /usr/local (e.g. ntpsec from source):
/usr/local/lib/python<ver>/dist-packages
Debian, source Python, prefix = /usr/local (e.g. both from source):
/usr/local/lib/python<ver>/site-packages
Other distros, assuming they don't patch in dist-packages, have only
site-packages.
non-Debian, prefix=/usr (e.g. ntpsec package):
/usr/lib/python<ver>/site-packages
non-Debian, prefix=/usr/local (e.g. ntpsec from source):
/usr/local/lib/python<ver>/site-packages
So if I am understanding this correctly I can wipe the dist/site fix as
it was doing the Right Thing already, for distribution specific values
of Right Thing.
From ianbrunene later on IRC:
import distutils.sysconfig
print(distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib(
standard_lib=0, prefix='/usr/local'));
Instead of the hard-coded '/usr/local', pass in whatever --prefix was
passed to waf.
Yes, waf already deals with the prefix, with a default of /usr/local. I
was trying to trace where the breakage came from.
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