Egg problem (~/.python-eggs)

[Mike Orr]

Mike Orr wrote:
> I'm trying to install a program that uses Durus on a server.  It
> appears that if a Python program uses eggs, it creates a
> ~/.python-eggs/ directory, so the home directory must be writeable.
> This conflicts with server environments where you want to run a daemon
> with minimum privileges.  Second, it appears to use the real user ID
> rather than the effective user ID to choose the home directory.  In
> this case I'm trying to use start-stop-daemon on Linux to start my
> Python program, switching from user 'root' to user 'apache'.

I solved the immediate problem by reinstalling Durus as a directory egg
rather than a compressed egg.  So is the answer just not to use
compressed eggs?

 --Mike <sluggoster at gmail.com>