bzr 0.8.2 released [solved]

[Wouter van Heyst]

On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 11:24:35AM -0500, John Arbash Meinel wrote:

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> >> ... and ... any particular reason why bzr 0.8.2 decided to install
> >> itself into /usr/local/ rather than just /usr/ as previously?
> > 
> > Hmm, I've never had setup.py default not default to /usr/local for me,
> > glancing at the bzr setup.py I do not see anything obvious (the version
> > at 0.8pre is wrong though, should be on the release checklist).
> > 
> > Wouter van Heyst
> 
> In my experience 'setup.py' installs in whatever location the python you
> are using exists.
> 
> So if you are using /usr/local/bin/python then it installs into
> /usr/local/lib/python2.4/
> 
> It might also depend if you are super-user or not, or what your PATH is.

Doh! Good catch.

Wouter van Heyst