[PyKDE] More 3.7 compile issues

[Jonathan Gardner]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On Wednesday 09 July 2003 13:32, Steve Simmons wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 03:49:46PM -0400, Rob Knapp wrote:
> > These issues have been resolved.  I'm just noting them here in case
> > anyone else has the same problem.  Not sure how they would since it was
> > my own idiocy...but I can't be the only one this unobservant, can I?
>
> Nope, I did it too.
>
> I would normally do 'python build.py' and 'make' as an ordinary
> user, then 'make install' as root.  Unfortunately sip and PyQt (and
> PyKDE?) attempt to compile directly into a /usr/local (or equiv)
> directory.  This has been an issue for quite some time, and one of
> these days I'll fix the Makefiles and send the patches to the developers.
>

Isn't this desired behavior? By default, most packages install into 
/usr/local. If you want it to go into /usr or somewhere else, you'll have to 
specify it in args to build.py (or the configure program in other packages).

A better approach is to always, always, always remove sip and PyQt before 
installing something new. After all, you are really asking for trouble if you 
have libsip.so.9 and libsip.so.10 in the same directory.

- -- 
Jonathan Gardner <jgardner at jonathangardner.net>
(was jgardn at alumni.washington.edu)
Live Free, Use Linux!
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQE/DIW5WgwF3QvpWNwRAgX3AJ4yYSKevmUV+mhCblmddJi0yfLLBwCfZoUa
Eab/bBMNUj4tVFlub2XJLwQ=
=+gMj
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----