[Distutils] Patch for new install options

[Harry Henry Gebel]

On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 10:00:20PM -0400, Greg Ward wrote:
> On 26 April 2000, I said:
> >     ./setup.py install --root=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
> 
> OK, I've added this option to the install command.  Works for me, but it 
> will blow up on Windows and Mac OS because I'm not sure of the right way 
> to forcibly set a new root directory on a path that might already be
> absolute.  Probably just because my brain is running at a low ebb
> tonight.  Anyways, take a look in distutils/util.py at 'change_root()'
> in the latest CVS if you can help me.

This is basically why --package-prefix didn't support Mac and Windows,
because don't know much about Windows path conventions, or anything about
Mac, so I thought it would be better to let someone who was familiar with
those platforms fill it in.

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