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Andreas Klöckner wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> when you install a setuptools-equipped package with
> 
> python setup.py build
> sudo python setup.py install
> 
> the "install" stage writes to the build directory, as root. This is not great 
> behavior, and will fail on NFS-mounted build roots.
> 
> Can something be done to avoid this?

Something like:

  /path/to/python setup.py install_lib --skip-build

works.  I don't know why '--skip-build' doesn't keep the 'install'
command from running 'build_py'.


Tres.
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