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Re: [Xen-devel] Why do we use /usr/lib/python to install python librarie
On 9 Jun 2006, at 03:00, Anthony Liguori wrote:
Mark Williamson wrote:
This seems exceptionally evil and is definitely a PITA. What was the
original problem that led us to do this? I'd like to take a stab at
correcting it so we can have a more sane installation.
I thought it involved some pain early one with supporting different
Python versions in different distros? Maybe with the binary
installer?
Of course I could be talking bunk - it's been like that for a
loooooong time and my memory was better when I was younger ;-)
Yeah, this is why I asked. I have vague recollections of this
discussion too but can't remember the exact reasons. I'm hoping that
we've gotten smarter since then and can find a better solution :-)
To be able to install on a machine different from the one we built on.
Because our distribution method is to 'python install' into a dist/
subdirectory and then basically blat that directory into / on the
target machine. It would probably be smarter to include python scripts
to be able to 'python install' out of dist/ -- it'd require us to have
python-devel and C compiler installed on the target box though.
Ultimately the argument was that distros should install in their usual
place because they *know* what python version they ship, but that since
we didn't we'd just install in /usr/lib/python because that required
least thought for maximum coverage. :-)
-- Keir
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