Python Library Cleanups

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Fred!

On Tue, 26 Sep 2017 15:16:50 -0700 (PDT)
Fred Wright via devel <devel at ntpsec.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Sep 2017, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> > Fred Wright via devel <devel at ntpsec.org>:  
> > > > Not Gentoo, the FHS.  And the package I am using is git head.  
> > >
> > > The point is that the portable way to determine where to install
> > > the libraries is to ask Python via the get_python_lib()
> > > function.  Whatever it returns (as long as you don't supply the
> > > 'prefix' argument) is guaranteed to be in its initial sys.path.
> > > If that location is inappropriate, it's the fault of whomever
> > > configured and built that Python.  
> >
> > Does this means the FHS nonconformance isc an upstream bug?  
> 
> Exactly.  And one that nobody bothered to complain about for GPSD.

Good catch.  gpsd also breaks the FHS.  I'm glad you point that out.

I'm looking for when that got broken right now.

RGDS
GARY
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