[Zope] home option ignored on this platform

[John Poltorak]

On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 09:16:34PM +0100, Dieter Maurer wrote:
> John Poltorak wrote at 2004-3-19 22:55 +0000:
> >/usr/bin/python "U:/unixos2/workdir/Zope-2.7.0/setup.py"  install \
> >   --home="/usr/local/zope" --build-base="U:/unixos2/workdir/Zope-2.7.0/build-base/python-2.3" --build-lib="U:/unixos2/workdir/Zope-2.7.0/build-base/python-2.3/build-lib" --build-scripts="U:/unixos2/workdir/Zope-2.7.0/build-base/python-2.3/build-scripts" --build-temp="U:/unixos2/workdir/Zope-2.7.0/build-base/python-2.3/build-temp" 
> >running install
> >warning: ZopeInstall: home option ignored on this platform
> >
> >
> >Where do I find ZopeInstall and why does Python decide to ignore the home 
> >option?
> 
> I do not know, but I (at your place) would start to find out by looking
> into "setup.py". I would use a text editor to search for "ignored on"
> to find out where this error message is generated.

It actually gets output from Python rather than Zope.

I just discoverd this by including the '-v' flag in the Makefile.

It seems that Python's Lib/distutils/commands/install.py only allows 
'--prefix' to work for posix systems, AFAICT.

 
> -- 
> Dieter

-- 
John