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Author	rioch
Recipients	rioch, tarek
Date	2010-07-23.23:01:24
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Message-id	<1279926086.74.0.751307014326.issue9363@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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In the disutils documentation for data_files, it states: "If directory is a relative path, it is interpreted relative to the installation prefix (Python’s sys.prefix for pure-Python packages, sys.exec_prefix for packages that contain extension modules)." However, on my system, sys.prefix outputs as '/usr' but the files are installed to '/usr/local'. OS: Linux Mint 9 Python: 2.6.5

In the disutils documentation for data_files, it states:

"If directory is a relative path, it is interpreted relative to the installation prefix (Python’s sys.prefix for pure-Python packages, sys.exec_prefix  for packages that contain extension modules)."

However, on my system, sys.prefix outputs as '/usr' but the files are installed to '/usr/local'.

OS: Linux Mint 9
Python: 2.6.5

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Date	User	Action	Args
2010-07-23 23:01:27	rioch	set	recipients: + rioch, tarek
2010-07-23 23:01:26	rioch	set	messageid: <1279926086.74.0.751307014326.issue9363@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2010-07-23 23:01:24	rioch	link	issue9363 messages
2010-07-23 23:01:24	rioch	create