Hi Karl (2022.03.16_21:25:45_+)
> Stefano, Gianfranco - thanks for this. Forgive my ignorance, but I don't
> use Debian, or Python, and have never the term "sysconfig scheme" before.
Compare these:
$ python3.9 -m sysconfig
Current installation scheme: "posix_prefix"
Paths:
data = "/
Hi Karl (2022.03.16_21:25:45_+)
Oops, somehow I missed that this patch failed on older versions of
cPython. This version is compatible back to 2.7.4.
SR
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Hi Karl (2024.01.17_22:48:30_+)
> Gianfranoc, Stefano - thanks much for the patch wrt Automake and Debian
> Python posix_local vs. posix_prefix. Below is what I installed -- the
> code change is substantively the same as what you wrote; I just took the
> extra try..catch that Bogdan added.
>
>
Hi Karl (2024.01.18_22:58:30_+)
> if default_scheme == 'posix_local': # Debian
>
> posix_local only exists on Debian, not any other system?
> The name is generic.
Yes, it's a Debianism. It was the best way to get "setup.py install" to
direct to /usr/local by default, on Debian systems, a
