Re: ✘Major build change pushed

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Martin!

On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 09:31:14 +0100
Martin Laabs <Martin.Laabs@tu-dresden.de> wrote:

> I use the orhter way around and let scons put the module in the
> correct python path from the build:
> 
> $ scons prefix=/usr python_libdir=`python3 -c 'import site; 
> print(site.getsitepackages()[0])'`  target_python=python3 install

Correct, if you ignore the requirements of the FHS and your distros
wishes.

> I actually would prefer to have a setuptool setup inside the gpsd to
> use pip afterwards to install the module but I think there is a
> reason why the solution is what it currently is.

All we need would be someone to create the pip file to install.  Someone
else has gpsd in pip, and it is not our code.

Plus, the gpsd python module still requires gpsd libraries to be installed,
which is not pip compliant.

RGDS
GARY
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