Installation does not honour --prefix

[ghost]

With 0.9.3, the following command raises an error (after adding the prefix directory to PYTHONPATH):

$ python setup.py install --prefix=/tmp/aard

...
running install_data
creating /nix/store/a1x98y7y83j4x4d4pk21w9m4f60dgs9r-python-2.7.5/share/icons
error: could not create '/nix/store/a1x98y7y83j4x4d4pk21w9m4f60dgs9r-python-2.7.5/share/icons': Permission denied

The /nix/store/... path is where my python installation resides, so installation does not seem to follow the given --prefix. I also tried to add the parameter
--install-data=/tmp/aard
with the same outcome.

The problem occurs when trying to package aarddict for the GNU Guix distribution, in which each package is installed into its own directory.

Andreas

[ildar]

http://git.altlinux.org/tasks/archive/done/_91/93467/build/100/x86_64/logmight
be useful for you.

[domenkozar]

We have the same problem in Nix. Basically python is smart and disallows prefixing install_data. See http://stackoverflow.com/a/13476594/133235

Patching to the rescue?

[domenkozar]

See https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/issue/130/install_data-doesnt-respect-prefix