[Sqlalchemy-tickets] [sqlalchemy] #2806: setup.py misbehaves with respect to the location of shared objects

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#2806: setup.py misbehaves with respect to the location of shared objects
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 Reporter:  assarbad     |           Owner:  zzzeek
     Type:  defect       |          Status:  new
 Priority:  medium       |       Milestone:
Component:  cextensions  |        Severity:  no triage selected yet
 Keywords:               |  Progress State:  awaiting triage
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 Using SQLalchemy 0.8.2 I was trying to build and install it into a custom
 Python build (i.e. not the system one) on Scientific Linux 6.1.

 I'm setting `$PYTHONHOME` before invoking `setup.py install` using the
 Python into which I want to install the SQLAlchemy module.

 Since I am trying to build an RPM and the idea is to have a self-contained
 Python environment, everything should go into a particular folder
 (`/opt/app`) in this case.

 I am using `fakechroot` to mimic the target environment on the build
 machine and it works for Python as well as the extensions I am trying to
 install. With the sole exception of SQLAlchemy and the `.so` files built
 for it. These end up inside:

 {{{
 /home/oliver/.python-eggs/SQLAlchemy-0.8.2-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg-
 tmp/sqlalchemy/cutils.so
 /home/oliver/.python-eggs/SQLAlchemy-0.8.2-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg-
 tmp/sqlalchemy/cprocessors.so
 /home/oliver/.python-eggs/SQLAlchemy-0.8.2-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg-
 tmp/sqlalchemy/cresultproxy.so
 }}}

 within the faked `chroot` environment which is not the intended behavior.
 Instead they should all go into the `site-package` directory of the Python
 installation.

 Am I doing something wrong or is this a defect?

 Also note that from the output of `setup.py install` when run inside the
 faked `chroot` environment, I see:

 {{{
 creating stub loader for sqlalchemy/cprocessors.so
 creating stub loader for sqlalchemy/cresultproxy.so
 creating stub loader for sqlalchemy/cutils.so
 byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/sqlalchemy/cprocessors.py to
 cprocessors.pyc
 byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/sqlalchemy/cresultproxy.py to
 cresultproxy.pyc
 byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/sqlalchemy/cutils.py to
 cutils.pyc
 }}}

 Thanks and best regards

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