Gnomolicious

[Alain Perry]

Hi list,

I have begun trying to package gnomolicious.
My debian/rules file is mostly identical from the straw package one,
since they use the same build system. With modifications where needed,
I was able to get a package with all files needed, and the right path
for them.
However (of course, there's a however, what did you think ?), the
python distutils tools (which are used to build the package) are
making it a bit difficult. The problem is that the setup.py file is
called with both a --root argument, to install the files into the
false root of the package, and a --prefix argument, which of course,
is set to /usr.
The problem is that distutils changes the "install_scripts" value by
prepending the "root" value to it. And setup.py (one of the classes it
imports, really) uses the "install_scripts" value (which should be
/usr/bin) inside the bonobo server file to point to the gnomolicious
binary.
In other words, it points to a bad place. Using the --install-scripts
command line argument doesn't solve the problem, since the "root" is
also prepended to it.
I couldn't find a way to solve this just using setup.py arguments, and
that's why I'm posting here: patching may be required, and I want to
know what I can and cannot (or should and shouldn't) do. Like, say,
hardcoding the /usr/bin path inside setup.py.

Any kind of help appreciated.
I may not have been quite clear explaining my problem, please do not
hesitate to ask clarification where needed.

Thanks,

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Alain Perry