[MacPorts] #9831: BUG: ~/pydistutils.cfg can break python installs

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#9831: BUG: ~/pydistutils.cfg can break python installs
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  Reporter:  micktwomey@…          |       Owner:  mww@…           
      Type:  defect                |      Status:  new             
  Priority:  Normal                |   Milestone:  Port Bugs       
 Component:  ports                 |     Version:                  
Resolution:                        |    Keywords:                  
      Port:  python24 python25     |  
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Changes (by blb@…):

  * port:  => python24 python25


Old description:

> When installing darwinports onto a new mac I encountered a problem with
> the python24 port. I would get the following error when starting up
> python:
>
> totoro:~ mick$ sudo port install python24
> ...
> totoro:~ mick$ python
> Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
> Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
> Python 2.4.3 (#1, Jul 10 2006, 11:28:23)
> [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5250)] on darwin
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>>
>
> Looking in /opt/local/lib/python2.4 the python libraries and modules were
> completely missing.
>
> port contents python24 showed that the majority of the python install
> wound up in my ~/Library/Python/2.4. This lead me to suspect my
> ~/.pydistutils.cfg as the cause:
>
> [easy_install]
> site_dirs = ~/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages
> script_dir = ~/Applications/bin
>
> [install]
> install_lib = ~/Library/Python/$py_version_short/site-packages
> install_scripts = ~/Applications/bin
>
> It appears this was overriding the distutils configuration during the
> python build.
>
> Simply moving my .pydistutils.cfg out of the way and running "sudo port
> -f install python24" fixed the problem.
>
> It would be good to ignore any pydistutils.cfg files during the port
> build.

New description:

 When installing darwinports onto a new mac I encountered a problem with
 the python24 port. I would get the following error when starting up
 python:

 totoro:~ mick$ sudo port install python24
 ...
 totoro:~ mick$ python
 Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
 Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
 Python 2.4.3 (#1, Jul 10 2006, 11:28:23)
 [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5250)] on darwin
 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>>

 Looking in /opt/local/lib/python2.4 the python libraries and modules were
 completely missing.

 port contents python24 showed that the majority of the python install
 wound up in my ~/Library/Python/2.4. This lead me to suspect my
 ~/.pydistutils.cfg as the cause:

 [easy_install]
 site_dirs = ~/Library/Python/2.4/site-packages
 script_dir = ~/Applications/bin

 [install]
 install_lib = ~/Library/Python/$py_version_short/site-packages
 install_scripts = ~/Applications/bin

 It appears this was overriding the distutils configuration during the
 python build.

 Simply moving my .pydistutils.cfg out of the way and running "sudo port -f
 install python24" fixed the problem.

 It would be good to ignore any pydistutils.cfg files during the port
 build.

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Comment:

 python25 has been updated in r42997 (maintainer timeout).

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/9831#comment:9>
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