Progress, and a puzzle.

[Eric S. Raymond]

Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net>:
> 
> > That's the reason for the ntp symlink in ntpq.  If you run pyntpq from
> > there, import ntp should find that link and all should be well.  Is "." not
> > on your Python import path? 
> 
> That's the right question.  Thanks.
> 
> Who is supposed to setup PYTHONPATH?

The Python interpreter has a default search path for module files.
It includes "." on my system, so I never have to set PYTHONPATH.
If you do set PYTHONPATH, those directories are appended.

> A raw clone has:
>   pylib/ntpc.so -> ../build/main/libntp/ntpc.so
> 
> That looks like a bug.  It won't work if you configure with --out=foo
> (Guess what I normally use.)

I set up some symlinks. That location is symlinked to pylib/ntpc.so.
Anything that reaches pylib through an ntp symlink will see that link
and get the module.

At installation time, the ntpc.so build production in libntp/wscript
has an install_path of ${PYTHONDIR}/ntp, so copy will go there.

I don't know if this works with --out.  It depender on whether --out
changes the computation of ${PYTHONDIR}.
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