When I try to install mailman now I'm getting:
for p in email-2.0.1 JapaneseCodecs-1.4.5 KoreanCodecs-1.0.0;
do
gunzip -c $p.tar.gz | tar xf -;
(cd $p ; PYTHONPATH=/home/mailman/pythonlib /usr/local/bin/python setup.py --quiet install --install-lib /home/mailman/pythonlib);
done
error: /usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/japanese.pth: Permission denied
*** Error code 1
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target install-packages' Current working directory /usr/local/src/mailman-dev/mailman/misc *** Error code 1 make: Fatal error: Command failed for target doinstall'
Which of course, is correct, since as a non root users I can't write to site-packages... But which is shouldn't be trying to write *to*..
[I'm Cc'ing the distutils wizard and the JapaneseCodecs author, since I believe this is a bug in one of those two systems -BAW]
"RJ" == Ron Jarrell <jarrell@vt.edu> writes:
RJ> When I try to install mailman now I'm getting:
RJ> for p in email-2.0.1 JapaneseCodecs-1.4.5 KoreanCodecs-1.0.0;
RJ> \ do \
RJ> gunzip -c $p.tar.gz | tar xf -; \ (cd $p ;
RJ> PYTHONPATH=/home/mailman/pythonlib /usr/local/bin/python setup.py
RJ> --quiet install --install-lib /home/mailman/pythonlib); \
RJ> done error:
RJ> /usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/japanese.pth:
RJ> Permission denied *** Error code 1 make: Fatal error: Command
RJ> failed for target `install-packages' Current working directory
RJ> /usr/local/src/mailman-dev/mailman/misc *** Error code 1 make:
RJ> Fatal error: Command failed for target `doinstall'
RJ> Which of course, is correct, since as a non root users I can't
RJ> write to site-packages... But which is shouldn't be trying to
RJ> write *to*..The problem I believe is in either distutils, or the way the Japanese codec package setup.py file is written.
"python setup.py --help install" says:
Options for 'Install' command: [...] --install-base base installation directory (instead of --prefix or -- home) --install-platbase base installation directory for platform-specific files (instead of --exec-prefix or --home) --root install everything relative to this alternate root directory --install-purelib installation directory for pure Python module distributions --install-platlib installation directory for non-pure module distributions --install-lib installation directory for all module distributions (overrides --install-purelib and --install-platlib) --install-headers installation directory for C/C++ headers --install-scripts installation directory for Python scripts --install-data installation directory for data files
So I've been using --install-lib to put the JapaneseCodecs package (as well as the email and KoreanCodecs packages) in $(PYTHONLIBDIR), which by default is /usr/local/mailman/pythonlib.
The problem comes because the japanese.pth file doesn't honor --install-lib. Trial and error shows that if I include --install-purelib $(PYTHONLIBDIR) then japanese.pth goes in the right place, e.g. /usr/local/mailman/pythonlib. So as a workaround, I've made this change.
From the JapaneseCodecs setup.py file:
-------------------- snip snip -------------------- class Install(install): def finalize_options (self): install.finalize_options(self) self.distribution.data_files = [ (self.install_purelib, ["japanese.pth"])] -------------------- snip snip --------------------
and according to the help text above, shouldn't self.install_purelib be coming from my --install-lib option? Is this a bug in distutils? Or does the setup.py file need to be fixed?
Note: Python 2.2.1 being used. -Barry
barry@zope.com (Barry A. Warsaw) writes: | | [I'm Cc'ing the distutils wizard and the JapaneseCodecs author, since | I believe this is a bug in one of those two systems -BAW] | | >>>>> "RJ" == Ron Jarrell <jarrell@vt.edu> writes: | | RJ> When I try to install mailman now I'm getting: | | RJ> for p in email-2.0.1 JapaneseCodecs-1.4.5 KoreanCodecs-1.0.0; | RJ> \ do \ | RJ> gunzip -c $p.tar.gz | tar xf -; \ (cd $p ; | RJ> PYTHONPATH=/home/mailman/pythonlib /usr/local/bin/python setup.py | RJ> --quiet install --install-lib /home/mailman/pythonlib); \ | RJ> done error: | RJ> /usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/japanese.pth: | RJ> Permission denied *** Error code 1 make: Fatal error: Command | RJ> failed for target `install-packages' Current working directory | RJ> /usr/local/src/mailman-dev/mailman/misc *** Error code 1 make: | RJ> Fatal error: Command failed for target `doinstall' | | RJ> Which of course, is correct, since as a non root users I can't | RJ> write to site-packages... But which is shouldn't be trying to | RJ> write *to*.. | | The problem I believe is in either distutils, or the way the Japanese | codec package setup.py file is written. | | "python setup.py --help install" says: | | Options for 'Install' command: | [...] | --install-base base installation directory (instead of --prefix or -- | home) | --install-platbase base installation directory for platform-specific files | (instead of --exec-prefix or --home) | --root install everything relative to this alternate root | directory | --install-purelib installation directory for pure Python module | distributions | --install-platlib installation directory for non-pure module distributions | --install-lib installation directory for all module distributions | (overrides --install-purelib and --install-platlib) | --install-headers installation directory for C/C++ headers | --install-scripts installation directory for Python scripts | --install-data installation directory for data files | | So I've been using --install-lib to put the JapaneseCodecs package | (as well as the email and KoreanCodecs packages) in $(PYTHONLIBDIR), | which by default is /usr/local/mailman/pythonlib. | | The problem comes because the japanese.pth file doesn't honor | --install-lib. Trial and error shows that if I include | --install-purelib $(PYTHONLIBDIR) then japanese.pth goes in the right | place, e.g. /usr/local/mailman/pythonlib. So as a workaround, I've | made this change. | | >From the JapaneseCodecs setup.py file: | | -------------------- snip snip -------------------- | class Install(install): | def finalize_options (self): | install.finalize_options(self) | self.distribution.data_files = [ | (self.install_purelib, ["japanese.pth"])] | -------------------- snip snip -------------------- | | and according to the help text above, shouldn't self.install_purelib | be coming from my --install-lib option? Is this a bug in distutils? | Or does the setup.py file need to be fixed? | | Note: Python 2.2.1 being used. Barry, thanks you for the feedback. I got reports that bdist_wininst and bdist_rpm posed similar problems. Attached below are the patches the reporters sent to me. Honestly speaking I cannot figure out a right way that fixes problems on all platforms with any distutils options. Any comments and suggestions are very appreciated. Regards, -- KAJIYAMA, Tamito <kajiyama@grad.sccs.chukyo-u.ac.jp> For bdist_wininst: --- setup.py.orig Thu Apr 18 01:20:38 2002 +++ setup.py Thu Apr 18 01:20:16 2002 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def finalize_options (self): install.finalize_options(self) self.distribution.data_files = [ - (self.install_purelib, ["japanese.pth"])] + ("lib/site-packages", ["japanese.pth"])] setup (name = "JapaneseCodecs", version = "1.4.5", For bdist_rpm: --- setup.py.orig Wed Apr 17 16:42:13 2002 +++ setup.py Thu Apr 18 19:50:49 2002 @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ # Tamito KAJIYAMA <30 November 2000> # $Id: setup.py,v 1.7 2002/04/17 03:53:31 kajiyama Exp $ +import sys, os from distutils.core import setup, Extension from distutils.command.build_py import build_py from distutils.command.install import install @@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ def finalize_options (self): install.finalize_options(self) self.distribution.data_files = [ - (self.install_purelib, ["japanese.pth"])] + (os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'lib', 'python'+sys.version[:3], 'site-packages'), + ["japanese.pth"])] setup (name = "JapaneseCodecs", version = "1.4.5",
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