Correct python modules directory on x86_64?

[Michael Schwendt]

On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 00:03:57 -0500, Simon Perreault wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> My opencv package installs Python modules in /usr/lib/python*/site-packages 
> instead of /usr/lib64/python*/site-packages on x86_64. It uses its own 
> Autoconf macros, which seem to be buggy, instead of the normal setup.py used 
> by other Python modules, which seems to not be buggy.
> 
> Here's the question: Do I move stuff around during the install phase so as to 
> end up with stuff in /usr/lib64 on x86_64, or do I modify my %files section, 
> which currently looks like this,
> 
> %files python
> %{_libdir}/python*/site-packages/opencv
> 
> so as to get the files in /usr/lib even on x86_64? It would then probably look 
> like this:
> 
> %{_prefix}/lib/python*/site-packages/opencv
> 
> Which of those two is the least evil? Or is there another way?

The latter.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/SIGs/Python
 -> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Python