./setup.py install --home=install tries to create '/etc/xpra'

[a3nma3nm]

Hi,

When trying to compile trunk and installing as a local user with "./setup.py install --home=./install", installation fails with "error: could not create '/etc/xpra': Permission denied".

The exact steps to reproduce this are:

svn co https://www.xpra.org/svn/Xpra/
cd Xpra/trunk/src
# uncomment line 619 in setup.py to avoid an error in gtkitemfactory.h
./setup.py build # completes without errors
./setup.py install --home=./install

I am using Debian stretch/sid, and the Debian package "xpra" is not installed.

Of course it is normal that setup.py doesn't get permission to create /etc/xpra -- the point is that it shouldn't try to do so, when "--home=./install" is passed.

Thanks for your help on this!

[Antoine Martin]

out of time, and this stuff is always harder than it looks - rescheduling

see also #908

[Antoine Martin]

This should be fixed in r12572 + r12573 + r12575.

@a3nma3nm: if this works for you, please close

[Antoine Martin]

Not heard back closing, feel free to re-open.

[a3nma3nm]

Sorry for the lag. I confirm that it works for me, thanks for addressing this!

[Antoine Martin]

Milestone renamed

[migration script]

this ticket has been moved to: ​https://github.com/Xpra-org/xpra/issues/977