Re: Python (PyGreSQL) make install patch

Jason Tishler writes:

> > Rip out the python makefile and reimplement the build yourself.  ;-)
>
> Did you say rip?  See attached for a patch that converts from using the
> traditional Makefile.pre.in style of building Python extensions to the
> newer Distutils style.  This patch is *not* final -- its more of a proof
> of concept to see if such a patch would be accepted when finished.

I don't think this does anything in the way of fixing the outlined
problems.  Moreover, it won't work with Python <2.x.  What I meant with
"rip" was to get rid of all the makefile generating tools and write our
own makefile.

> My patch also has the follow issues/changes:
>
> 1. pg.py is installed in $(prefix)/lib/python2.1/site-packages instead of
>    $(prefix)/lib/python2.1.  I believe this to be more correct or at least
>    this what Distutils tries to do.

I think if you build locally from source you want site-packages and if you
make a binary distribution that is considered part of the OS core then you
don't.  Probably go for the former by default.

> 2. pgdb.py is also installed (as done by the original setup.py).

Oops.

> 3. The new setup.py doesn't handle Win32 yet (like the original one sort
>    of did).

Not sure whether we are expected to care.

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