From 901a9f399634028f49f596da27ae522ba4362f30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Timothy Redaelli Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 13:21:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Fix installation when --root is specified --- setup.py | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py index 4394a795..f2cc9ea3 100755 --- a/setup.py +++ b/setup.py @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import os import sys import platform import imp +import argparse version = imp.load_source('version', 'lib/version.py') @@ -16,8 +17,12 @@ if sys.version_info[:3] < (2, 7, 0): data_files = [] if platform.system() in ['Linux', 'FreeBSD', 'DragonFly']: + parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() + parser.add_argument('--root=', dest='root_path', metavar='dir', default='/') + opts, _ = parser.parse_known_args(sys.argv[1:]) usr_share = os.path.join(sys.prefix, "share") - if not os.access(usr_share, os.W_OK): + if not os.access(opts.root_path + usr_share, os.W_OK) and \ + not os.access(opts.root_path, os.W_OK): if 'XDG_DATA_HOME' in os.environ.keys(): usr_share = os.environ['$XDG_DATA_HOME'] else: