[Distutils] distribute and install --root

[Nikolaus Rath]

Hello,

How can I convince distribute to install a module in a different root directory, without also switching to the ~/.local/ scheme?

I was surprised to find that the following doesn't work:

$ python setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --root staging/
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.linux-i686-2.6
creating build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mymodule
copying mymodule/mymodule.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mymodule
copying mymodule/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mymodule
running install_lib
creating staging
creating staging/home
creating staging/home/nikratio
creating staging/home/nikratio/.local
creating staging/home/nikratio/.local/lib
creating staging/home/nikratio/.local/lib/python2.6
creating staging/home/nikratio/.local/lib/python2.6/site-packages
creating staging/home/nikratio/.local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/mymodule
copying build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mymodule/mymodule.py -> staging/home/nikratio/.local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/mymodule
copying build/lib.linux-i686-2.6/mymodule/__init__.py -> staging/home/nikratio/.local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/mymodule
[...]


I want mymodule to end up somewhere in staging/usr/lib/*.


Thanks,

   -Nikolaus

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