M.-A. Lemburg schrieb: >> PYTHONPATH is lacking one feature which is important for lots of >> packages and setuptools. The directories in PYTHONPATH are just added to >> sys.path. But setuptools require a site package directory. Maybe a new >> env var PYTHONSITEPATH could solve the problem. > > We don't need another setup variable for this. Just place a > well-known module into the site-packages/ directory and then > query it's __file__ attribute, e.g. > > site-packages/site_packages.py > > The module could even include a few helpers to query various > settings which apply to the site packages directory, e.g. > > site_packages.get_dir() > site_packages.list_packages() > site_packages.list_modules() > etc.
I don't see how it is going to solve the use case "Add another site package directory when I don't have write access to the global site package directory and I don't want to modify my apps." > Just in case you don't know... > > python setup.py install --home=~ > > will install to ~/lib/python > > The problem is not getting the packages installed in a non-admin > location. It's about Python looking in a non-admin location per > default (as well as in the site-packages location). I know the --home option. For one the --home option is Unix only and not supported on Windows Also the --user option takes all options of my PEP 370 user site directory into account, includinge the PYTHONUSERBASE env var. Christian _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
