./setup.py install --home=install tries to create '/etc/xpra'

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Issue migrated from trac ticket # 977

component: packaging | priority: major | resolution: worksforme

2015-09-06 18:29:00: a3nma3nm created the issue

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Hi,

When trying to compile trunk and installing as a local user with "./setup.py install --home=./install", installation fails with "error: could not create '/etc/xpra': Permission denied".

The exact steps to reproduce this are:

svn co https://www.xpra.org/svn/Xpra/
cd Xpra/trunk/src
# uncomment line 619 in setup.py to avoid an error in gtkitemfactory.h
./setup.py build # completes without errors
./setup.py install --home=./install

I am using Debian stretch/sid, and the Debian package "xpra" is not installed.

Of course it is normal that setup.py doesn't get permission to create /etc/xpra -- the point is that it shouldn't try to do so, when "--home=./install" is passed.

Thanks for your help on this!

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2015-09-16 13:19:36: antoine changed status from new to assigned

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2015-09-16 13:19:36: antoine commented

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out of time, and this stuff is always harder than it looks - rescheduling

see also #908

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2016-05-13 06:35:00: antoine changed status from assigned to new

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2016-05-13 06:35:00: antoine changed owner from antoine to a3nma3nm

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2016-05-13 06:35:00: antoine changed component from core to packaging

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2016-05-13 06:35:00: antoine commented

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This should be fixed in r12572 + r12573 + r12575.

@a3nma3nm: if this works for you, please close

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2016-06-13 17:03:31: antoine changed status from new to closed

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2016-06-13 17:03:31: antoine set resolution to worksforme

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2016-06-13 17:03:31: antoine commented

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Not heard back closing, feel free to re-open.

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2016-06-19 10:16:20: a3nma3nm commented

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Sorry for the lag. I confirm that it works for me, thanks for addressing this!

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2016-07-12 17:52:23: antoine commented

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Milestone renamed