position independent build of python

[erikj]

On Dec 3, 5:05 pm, de... at web.de (Diez B. Roggisch) wrote:
> erikj <tw55... at gmail.com> writes:
> > If my understanding is correct, the sys.prefix variable holds the root
> > directory python uses to find related files, and eg its site-packages.
>
> > the value of sys.prefix is specified at compile time.
>
> > it seems that on windows, when I build/install python at one location,
> > and
> > later move it to another location, python will find all its needs
> > relative to the new location.
That's indeed a good idea, I will investigate it.  But if this
works, I still need some kind of wrapper around python itself...

>
> > however, when I do the same on linux, python keeps looking for
> > its dependencies in the build location.
>
> > is there a possibility to have it always look at a position relative
> > to the location of the executable ?  the goal is to be able to build
> > python on one machine, and then simply copy the build tree to
> > other machines at other locations.
>
> Maybe looking at virtualenv, especially with the --no-site-packages
> variable set gives you a hint. AFAIK there are some hard-coded paths
> involved, but not inside compiled code. Maybe you can remedy that somehow.
>
> Diez