Accessing prefix within setup.py (distutils)

[Kirby Angell]

data_files = [ \

	('/etc/init.d', [ 'scripts/myscript' ] ),
	('/usr/local/bin', [ 'code/prog1.py' ] ),
	('/usr/local/bin', [ 'code/prog2.py' ] ),
	('/usr/local/etc', [ 'etc/prog.conf' ] )

  ]

works for me to put stuff all over the place.  I will confess to not 
having to worry about the --prefix parameter because our software is 
only used in-house.

> My question is how to avoid installing myprogram.conf into /usr/etc
> (instead of /etc) if the installer specifies a prefix of /usr? Doesn't
> distutils know the difference between a data file and a config file?
> 

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Thank you,

Kirby Angell
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