Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup on osx

[aurbain]

nice explanation, thanks.

Perhaps someone can update the OSX section of the FAQ such that mac 
users who are not using (fink, darwin ports) can benefit from this 
excellent tool.



> So for Apple to play nicely, they would have either added
> /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/bin to the
> default $PATH, or they could have created an appropriate global
> distutils config (see the guide referenced above) that put scripts in
> someplace normal like /usr/local/bin/.
>
> At any rate, it's not the place of rdiff-backup's seutp.py to look for
> this issue. It should be handled at the global level by a sane Python
> configuration.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Andrew
>
> PS -- As Christopher noted, the Fink and DarwinPorts install python with
> a sane configuration. The Fink system keeps everything in /sw, so it
> added /sw/bin in my $PATH. It then installs python with a sys.prefix
> value of /sw/. If I were creating a Linux distribution, I would
> distribute python binaries with sys.prefix set to '/usr' so that scripts
> would install in /usr/bin and the libraries in '/usr/lib'.
>
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