[Cython] cython-0.9.8 installs into python arch-specific dir?

Robert Bradshaw robertwb at math.washington.edu
Sat Jun 14 01:06:43 CEST 2008


On Jun 13, 2008, at 2:15 PM, Neal Becker wrote:

> It seems running
> %{__python} setup.py build
>
>
> %{__python} setup.py install -O1 --skip-build --root $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
>
> will install into arch-specific python dir?  The previous cython  
> didn't do
> this I believe?
>
> e.g.:
> /usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/...
>
> It looks like all the installed code is pure python - so it should  
> be in non
> arch-specific python dir.
>
> Was this changed, and is this intentional?

Yes, Cython now uses itself to compile scanning.py (for speed) if  
possible. Eventually we hope to bootstrap even more. However, all the  
pure python code is still there and will work fine.

- Robert




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