Bug 2083337

Summary: Distutils install with --prefix different between Fedora 35 and Fedora 36.
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Jason Ish <ish>
Component: python3.10Assignee: Python Maintainers <python-maint>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 36CC: cstratak, mhroncok, python-maint, python-sig, thrnciar, torsava, vstinner
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Description Jason Ish 2022-05-09 18:16:21 UTC 
Description of problem:

With Fedora 35 and older, installing a Python distutils package with a command line like:
  python setup.py install --prefix=/foo
would result in the expected behavior of the scripts being install in /foo/bin, modules, in /foo/lib, etc.

With Fedora 36, using a --prefix=/foo results in everything being installed under /foo/local.


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How reproducible: Always, tested with various Python packages.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. python setup.py install --prefix=/somewhere
Comment 1 Miro Hrončok 2022-05-09 20:49:22 UTC 
Yes, this is a known thing. It is documented in the Fedora 36 release notes, yet for some reason, the release notes are not online yet.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2026979 ***