[lxc-devel] [PATCH] fix python import error: no module named 'lxc'

[Stéphane Graber]

On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 09:52:56PM +0800, Sheng Yong wrote:
> For some distro, the default prefix of lxc is /usr/local, while that of
> python is /usr. If the prefix of module installation is specified, python
> may not find the path of lxc module. So do not set prefix of lxc module
> to use default value.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sheng Yong <shyodx at gmail.com>

While it's true that python may not look in /usr/local, it's no reason
to ignore $prefix either.

You could set PYTHONPATH accordingly and things should then work. I
expect some distros also have /usr/local in their default python path.

Nacked-by: Stéphane Graber <stgraber at ubuntu.com>

> ---
>  src/python-lxc/Makefile.am | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/python-lxc/Makefile.am b/src/python-lxc/Makefile.am
> index b1c10b5..8676823 100644
> --- a/src/python-lxc/Makefile.am
> +++ b/src/python-lxc/Makefile.am
> @@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ all:
>  
>  install:
>  	if [ "$(DESTDIR)" = "" ]; then \
> -		$(PYTHON) setup.py install --prefix=$(prefix) --no-compile $(DISTSETUPOPTS); \
> +		$(PYTHON) setup.py install --no-compile $(DISTSETUPOPTS); \
>  	else \
> -		$(PYTHON) setup.py install --root=$(DESTDIR) --prefix=$(prefix) --no-compile $(DISTSETUPOPTS); \
> +		$(PYTHON) setup.py install --root=$(DESTDIR) --no-compile $(DISTSETUPOPTS); \
>  	fi
>  
>  clean-local:
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 

-- 
Stéphane Graber
Ubuntu developer
http://www.ubuntu.com
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