Barry Warsaw wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Apr 12, 2008, at 9:41 PM, Stephen Waterbury wrote: >> >> I used to always set up my own Python[s] in /usr/local >> and put that first in my PATH, but I have gotten lazy lately, and >> sometimes it will bite me. ;) > > On Debian and derivatives (e.g. Ubuntu) you might have even more fun. > They put /usr/local/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages on the sys.path *of the > system python*! This means that you can break your system Python by > installing a version of Python from source and then distutil'ing things > into there. Astoundingly, this is promoted as a feature.
That *is* astounding. I've been using Ubuntu for several years now, and I blush to admit I never noticed that until just the other day when I tried installing Python 2.6 from source (into the default /usr/local location, of course) and it broke all my running web stuff, so I hastily removed it -- sheesh! As I mentioned, I've been "lazy" about using the system Python for my own apps and development, but I would feel much more comfortable if the system Python had its own space. > I've reported bugs on this and had discussions with some of the Debian > Python packaging folks. I'm hoping that we'll find a solution that > doesn't collide with a from-source default Python build. Thanks for fighting the good fight, Barry -- hang in there! Maybe you can push for my "radical" solution. :) Steve _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
