Petlib cannot be installed systemwide, else it tries to create cache files in /usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/petlib/...
Sidnioulz opened this issue · 3 comments
Petlib crashes when installed systewide, because it tries to create cache files in /usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/petlib/... Please ensure that petlib identifies a read-write area to create cache files into, rather than in its install location which should be treated as read-only.
Suggested locations:
$XDG_CACHE_HOME/petlib
$HOME/.cache/petlib
/tmp/petlib
Aha. Nice catch -- I did put off taking care of this so far. The issue is that the library C bindings were not compiled at setup / install time, but only when it was first ran. As a result the binaries were placed in a folder that was not writable.
I believe the issue should be fixed by importing 'petlib.bindings' in the setup script in the latest commit. However, I am testing a bit more before closing the issue to ensure this takes care of it.
Great -- confirmed in person the issue has been fixed. Thanks Steve!
Thanks for fixing it!