[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #703: "make install PREFIX=" fails (install outside of source in custom directory)

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#703: "make install PREFIX=" fails (install outside of source in custom
directory)
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     Reporter:  nejucomo   |      Owner:  zooko
         Type:  defect     |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  minor      |  Milestone:  soon
    Component:  packaging  |    Version:  1.4.1
   Resolution:  fixed      |   Keywords:  setuptools install test-needed
Launchpad Bug:             |
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Changes (by daira):

 * status:  assigned => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed


Old description:

> According to InstallDetails:
>
> {{{The "make install" target is a wrapper around "setup.py install" that
> uses --single-version-externally-managed to bypass the extra checking
> that setuptools does. This allows "make install" and "make install
> PREFIX=/usr/local" to work the same way as traditional unix software (via
> GNU autoconf, etc).}}}
>
> This entire sequence of commands succeeds:
> {{{
> $ python ./setup.py build
> $ python ./setup.py test # 0 unexpected errors
> $ mkdir /usr/local/stow/allmydata-tahoe-1.4.1
> $ make install PREFIX=/usr/local/stow/allmydata-tahoe-1.4.1/
> $ cd /usr/local/stow
> $ sudo stow allmydata-tahoe-1.4.1/
> # cd ~; which tahoe
> }}}
>
> The output of which shows /usr/local/bin/tahoe as expected.
>
> Yet some dependency or packaging issue is not configured correctly:
>
> {{{
> $ tahoe --help
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/local/bin/tahoe", line 5, in <module>
>     from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2562, in
> <module>
>     working_set.require(__requires__)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 626, in
> require
>     needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 524, in
> resolve
>     raise DistributionNotFound(req)  # XXX put more info here
> pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: allmydata-tahoe==1.4.1
> }}}
>
> This ticket is satisfied when this use case succeeds and the
> AdvancedInstall documentation specifies the proper procedure.

New description:

 According to InstallDetails:

 {{{The "make install" target is a wrapper around "setup.py install" that
 uses --single-version-externally-managed to bypass the extra checking that
 setuptools does. This allows "make install" and "make install
 PREFIX=/usr/local" to work the same way as traditional unix software (via
 GNU autoconf, etc).}}}

 This entire sequence of commands succeeds:
 {{{
 $ python ./setup.py build
 $ python ./setup.py test # 0 unexpected errors
 $ mkdir /usr/local/stow/allmydata-tahoe-1.4.1
 $ make install PREFIX=/usr/local/stow/allmydata-tahoe-1.4.1/
 $ cd /usr/local/stow
 $ sudo stow allmydata-tahoe-1.4.1/
 # cd ~; which tahoe
 }}}

 The output of which shows /usr/local/bin/tahoe as expected.

 Yet some dependency or packaging issue is not configured correctly:

 {{{
 $ tahoe --help
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/local/bin/tahoe", line 5, in <module>
     from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2562, in
 <module>
     working_set.require(__requires__)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 626, in
 require
     needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 524, in
 resolve
     raise DistributionNotFound(req)  # XXX put more info here
 pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: allmydata-tahoe==1.4.1
 }}}

 This ticket is satisfied when this use case succeeds and the
 AdvancedInstall documentation specifies the proper procedure.

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Comment:

 {{{make install}}} was removed by #1717.

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