[Xen-devel] make dist and python files

[Arun Sharma <arun.sharma@xxxxxxxxx>]

In the xeno-unstable tree,

# make install

populates python files in /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/xen

However,

# make dist

populates them in

dist/install/lib/python

For people trying to package up Xen into an installable object (rpm/deb 
whatever) this creates a problem.
So my question is, why not have

# make dist

also populate

dist/install/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/xen

Of course, this won't work for situations where the build machine and 
the target machine have a different version of python.
Relevant snippet from tools/python/Makefile:

install: all
        if [ "$(prefix)" = "" ]; then                   \
            python setup.py install;                    \
        elif [ "$(dist)" = "yes" ]; then                \
            python setup.py install --home="$(prefix)"; \
        else                                            \
            python setup.py install --root="$(prefix)"; \
        fi

        -Arun



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