[Xapian-tickets] [Xapian] #835: ./configure --prefix=/ ignored when --with-python3 is used

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#835: ./configure --prefix=/ ignored when --with-python3 is used
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 Reporter:  Дилян Палаузов            |             Owner:  Richard Boulton
     Type:  defect                    |            Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal                    |         Milestone:
Component:  Xapian-bindings (Python)  |           Version:  1.4.26
 Severity:  normal                    |        Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:                            |        Blocked By:
 Blocking:                            |  Operating System:  All
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Changes (by Olly Betts):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix

Comment:

 That's a deliberate choice - we ignore configure's prefix for some files
 and instead install in the location which the interpreter/toolchain for
 the target language tells us it will look for bindings in (as documented
 in `INSTALL`).

 If we installed under configure's prefix the bindings would typically not
 work without extra configuration (for Python, setting `PYTHONPATH` is one
 way).  It's not ideal that the specified prefix is ignored for some files,
 but before we changed to do this users were frequently being tripped up by
 things not working out of the box - the current approach causes much less
 user frustration and support load.

 `DESTDIR` then simply prefixes these install paths (which is what it is
 meant to do).

 You can achieve what you want by specifying the install location directly
 and overriding `PYTHON3_LIB` to be where you want (as documented in the
 `INSTALL` file):

 {{{
 ./configure --with-python3 --prefix=/home/mailmanweb
 PYTHON3_LIB=/home/mailmanweb/lib/python3.10/site-packages
 }}}

 If you prefer to use `DESTDIR` this will probably work:

 {{{
 ./configure --with-python3 --prefix=/ PYTHON3_LIB=/lib/python3.10/site-
 packages
 }}}
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