Tim Kersten <tim.kers...@lincor.com> added the comment: Ok, this is embarrassing. :-/
$ python setup.py install --root=/tmp/ --prefix=/usr running install error: must supply either home or prefix/exec-prefix -- not both The above is not caused by specifying both --root and --prefix as I had assumed. It was my forgetting that I had specified the --home option in a setup.cfg file. I'm so sorry for wasting your time. Having removed the setup.cfg file and have tested it again and now it behaves exactly as I had anticipated. i.e. --prefix is relative to --root, so it is actually possible to specify both. In particular what this allows one to achieve is easiest shown by example: A) $ python setup.py install --prefix=/tmp/test1 B) $ python setup.py install --prefix=/usr/special --root=/tmp/test2 in A) it installs as such: /etc/mypythonapp.settings /tmp/test1/mypythonapp/... in B) it installs as such: /tmp/test2/etc/mypythonapp.settings /tmp/test2/usr/special/mypythonapp/... This bug can be closed. Again, my apologies and thank you for taking the time to help me sort it out. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue8357> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
