Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-changelog] [xen-unstable] [XENAPI] Make xapi.py work with modules in /usr/lib/python.

[Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 05:57:07PM +0000, Alastair Tse wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 17:44 +0000, John Levon wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 06:51:32PM +0200, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote:
> 
> > > > +import sys
> > > > +sys.path.append('/usr/lib/python')
> > > > +
> > > 
> > > Hmm, what's the intention behind this change? won't it break horribly
> > > if the Xen tools are actually installed elsewhere but there's an old
> > > version in /usr/lib/python?
> > 
> > This seems dubious to me too. This seems like a problematic python
> > installation that needs this change, and troublesome for other
> > installations as Muli points out...
> 
> xapi.py isn't installed on any system and only exists in the Xend dev
> tree for me to test the Xen API support in Xend.
> 
> The default installation root is /usr/lib/python for the vanilla xen
> python tools.

Right, but with XEN_PYTHON_NATIVE_INSTALL=y we end up using the right
python directories (I hope).

> Yes, I agree it is a concern that Xend/Xm puts everything
> in /usr/lib/python, but that is a whole separate thread. I have a patch
> locally that fixes this behaviour along with install.sh fixes it, if
> that is what people are concerned about.

That will be great - I routinely install newer pythons on old distros.

Cheers,
Muli

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