[docs] [issue25592] distutils docs: data_files always uses sys.prefix

[Jeroen Demeyer]

Jeroen Demeyer <J.Demeyer at UGent.be> added the comment:

There is also

commit fa2f4b6d8e297eda09d8ee52dc4a3600b7d458e7
Author: Greg Ward <gward at python.net>
Date:   Sat Jun 24 17:22:39 2000 +0000

    Changed the default installation directory for data files (used by
    the "install_data" command to the installation base, which is usually just
    sys.prefix.  (Any setup scripts out there that specify data files will have
    to set the installation directory, relative to the base, explicitly.)

with commit message stating that data_files are installed in sys.prefix.

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