[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-762147 ] PackMan needs to be able to install outside site-packages

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Bugs item #762147, was opened at 2003-06-28 00:26
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Category: Macintosh
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
>Priority: 3
Submitted By: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Assigned to: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Summary: PackMan needs to be able to install outside site-packages

Initial Comment:
PackMan needs to be able to install system-wide packages 
in /Library/Python/2.3/site-packages, in the event that the 
normal $prefix/lib/python2.3/site-packages is not writeable. 
That directory also needs to be put on sys.path (for 
framework OSX builds only) if it exists, similarly to ~/
Library/Python/2.3/site-packages.

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>Comment By: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Date: 2003-06-29 01:28

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It turns out this is less of a problem than I feared: site-packages 
is a symlink to a place that is writable. There is still a problem 
when a distutils-based package tries to install extra header files, 
but that will have to be solved after 2.3b2.

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