[Distutils] distribute and install --root

[Tarek Ziadé]

On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus at rath.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How can I convince distribute to install a module in a different root directory, without also switching to the ~/.local/ scheme?
>
> I was surprised to find that the following doesn't work:
>
> $ python setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --root staging/
...
> [...]
>
>
> I want mymodule to end up somewhere in staging/usr/lib/*.

Having .local here looks like a bug to me. Could you create an issue
with details ?

- Name of the package you are installing (in case the setup.py has
something special)
- version of distribute
- your OS

Thanks !
Tarek