Thrift: Python libraries install into /usr, not /usr/local
Summary:
It seems like the Python convention is that random janky libraries
are installed in /usr/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages. This patch follows
that convention, even though it is pretty gross to ignore --prefix.
Reviewed By: mcslee
Test Plan: make install thrift python libs on my box.
Revert Plan: ok
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/thrift/trunk@665233 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
diff --git a/lib/py/Makefile.am b/lib/py/Makefile.am
index 27d1115..24c5892 100644
--- a/lib/py/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/py/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
DESTDIR ?= /
+# We're ignoring prefix here because site-packages seems to be
+# the equivalent of /usr/local/lib in Python land.
+# Old version (can't put inline because it's not portable).
+#$(PYTHON) setup.py install --prefix=$(prefix) --root=$(DESTDIR) $(PYTHON_SETUPUTIL_ARGS)
install-exec-hook:
- $(PYTHON) setup.py install --prefix=$(prefix) --root=$(DESTDIR) $(PYTHON_SETUPUTIL_ARGS)
+ $(PYTHON) setup.py install --root=$(DESTDIR) $(PYTHON_SETUPUTIL_ARGS)