<python setup.py install_data> question

[Kent Tenney]

In a docutils svn checkout.

[docutils/trunk/docutils]$ python setup.py install --root /tmp
OK

[docutils/trunk/docutils]$ python setup.py install_data --root /tmp

distutils.errors.DistutilsFileError:
could not delete
'/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/docutils/parsers/rst/include/README.txt':
Permission denied

Am I missing something?

If it works for you, I suppose it's somewhere in my versioning.
I have bull in a china shop tendencies when it comes to installing stuff.

Thanks,
Kent