Re: [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:  closed
      Priority:  medium            |  Milestone:
     Component:  cextensions       |   Severity:  no triage selected yet
    Resolution:  wontfix           |   Keywords:
Progress State:  completed/closed  |
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Comment (by zzzeek):

 The only function we call setup.py is setup().  There are no options to
 control where .so files go or how to respond to $PYTHONHOME, chroot
 environments or anything else like that (See
 http://docs.python.org/2/distutils/apiref.html#distutils.core.setup for
 core setup() and http://pythonhosted.org/distribute/setuptools.html#new-
 and-changed-setup-keywords for those added by setuptools).   We are
 calling it in the identical form as other more widely used packages such
 as psycopg2, giving it a list of ext_modules, that's all it accepts.

 If setup() is doing the wrong thing based on your environment, I'd assume
 the issue is with setuptools.   I have no knowledge of what $PYTHONHOME
 even does in terms of setuptools, and based on my experience I'd guess it
 does not what you expect - $PYTHONHOME is not a variable that is commonly
 used these days, standard practice is to use virtualenv for local Python
 installations.   So from all indications this certainly seems like a usage
 issue with setuptools overall and the folks on disutils-sig should have
 definitive information on how setuptools works - I'm only a user of it.
 If people with knowledge of setuptools can point to an actual bug in
 SQLAlchemy's code, reopen this ticket and we will fix it.

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