[Atox-user] Re: atox install dir on Mac OS X

[Magnus L. H. <ma...@he...>]

Paul DuBois <pa...@ki...>:
>
> >Paul DuBois <pa...@ki...>:
> >>
> >> For atox 0.4, python setup.py install installs the main atox program in
> >> /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/bin.
> >
> >Yeah, I guess this is a consequence of how distutils (the installation
> >software used) works. By putting it in the same bin-directory as
> >Python, you're pretty much safe on all platforms, including (e.g.)
> >Windows.
> 
> I just had a further look at the setup here. python is indeed installed
> in that /System...../bin directory, but there is also a symlink to it
> in /usr/bin.  I presume this is because no one would really add the
> /System.../bin directory to their PATH. :-)

Interesting. This ought to be reported as a distutils bug, I
suppose... I mean -- if distutils places the scripts in a directory
where they aren't on the user's PATH; not very useful :-)

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