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  • Committer: Matt Giuca
  • Date: 2009-04-22 02:40:27 UTC
  • Revision ID: matt.giuca@gmail.com-20090422024027-byq8tfsti1u7wc4r
setup/install.py: Now forces --prefix to be an absolute path, to avoid
    confusion.

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        default='/usr/local/lib/python%s/site-packages' % PYTHON_VERSION)
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    (options, args) = parser.parse_args(args)
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    # Prefix must be absolute (not really necessary, but since a relative
 
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    # prefix will be taken relative to *root* not working directory, it is
 
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    # confusing if we allow it).
 
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    print options.prefix[:1]
 
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    if options.prefix[:1] not in (os.path.sep, os.path.altsep):
 
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        print >>sys.stderr, """prefix must be an absolute path.
 
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    (This will be interpreted relative to root, so provide --root=. if you
 
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    want a path relative to the working directory)."""
 
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        return 1
 
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    # Call the real function
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    return __install(prefix=options.prefix,
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                     python_site_packages=options.python_site_packages,