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Re: [StGit PATCH] Fixed default install location

From
Daniel White <daniel@whitehouse.id.au>
Date
Jul 27, 2008, 06:27 UTC
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"Catalin Marinas" <catalin.marinas@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I also use "python setup.py bdist_rpm" when releasing, I think it will
> get confused by a different prefix.
> 
Not being familiar with distutils, I didn't even see that use case.

Regardless, the instructions are incorrect and the behaviour surprising. When I installed this in a cygwin environment, it went on to clobber my system directories.

Would it be more useful to have the Makefile handle the general case and setup.py for more specialised cases, such as generating an rpm?

I've thrown some patches together that does some of this. I can tidy these up and put them in a public repository if this sounds like a reasonable plan of attack.

-- 
Daniel White
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Message 4 of 8 in “Fixed default install location”
  1. Fixed default install locationDaniel White, Jul 24, 2008
  2. Karl HasselströmJul 24, 2008
  3. Catalin MarinasJul 25, 2008
  4. Daniel WhiteJul 27, 2008
  5. Catalin MarinasJul 27, 2008
  6. [StGit RFC] Pull request for build/install workDaniel White, Jul 31, 2008
  7. Karl HasselströmAug 4, 2008
  8. Catalin MarinasAug 5, 2008

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