Bug 2133849

Summary:	Downstream-only patch in Python 3: #251 Change user install location
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Tomas Orsava <torsava>
Component:	python3.12	Assignee:	Miro Hrončok <mhroncok>
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Description Tomas Orsava 2022-10-11 15:08:02 UTC

From python3.11.spec:

# 00251 # af0f1ba72e01cb93371ff21fb7ca889daa43fa7a
# Change user install location
#
# Set values of base and platbase in sysconfig from /usr
# to /usr/local when RPM build is not detected
# to make pip and similar tools install into separate location.
#
# Set values of prefix and exec_prefix in distutils install command
# to /usr/local if executable is /usr/bin/python* and RPM build
# is not detected to make distutils and pypa/distutils install into separate location.
#
# Fedora Change: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Making_sudo_pip_safe
# Downstream only.
#
# We've tried to rework in Fedora 36/Python 3.10 to follow https://bugs.python.org/issue43976
# but we have identified serious problems with that approach,
# see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2026979 or https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2097183
#
# pypa/distutils integration: https://github.com/pypa/distutils/pull/70
Patch251: 00251-change-user-install-location.patch

Comment 1 Tomas Orsava 2022-10-11 15:10:43 UTC

Previously tracked in BZ#1287556.

Comment 2 Petr Viktorin 2022-10-12 12:25:20 UTC

The next step is aligning with PEP 668: https://peps.python.org/pep-0668/
Change proposal draft: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/PythonMarkExternallyManaged
But there are some issues: https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-668-marking-python-base-environments-as-externally-managed/10302/46