[Debichem-devel] Bug#516040: pymol: hard-codes the location to python modules

[Josselin Mouette]

Package: pymol
Version: 1.1-1
Severity: important

Hi,

the pymol package uses a hard-coded path to the python modules:
        export PYMOL_PATH=/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/pymol/

However, because of numerous requests from developers, the installation
path for these modules is going to change, so this will make pymol fail.

If you really want to keep hard-coding this path, it is possible to
handle this with a synchronized upload and a Breaks:, but I’d like to
avoid it if possible. Instead, I’d like to suggest alternate solutions
that are independent from the packaging layers:
      * Detect the modules location dynamically from the script. You can
        see an example in the pychecker package.
      * Move the __init__.py script that you are actually executing
        to /usr/bin. There is no point in shipping it in a Python
        directory if it meant to be executed.
      * Move part or all of the files to a private modules directory.

Thanks,
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