[Build-common-hackers] Bug#565973: closed by Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> (reply to 565973 at bugs.debian.org) (Re: Bug#565973: closed by Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> (Re: Bug#565973: cdbs should not use --prefix, but --install-layout=deb))

[Matthias Klose]

reopen 565973
thanks

 > Closing as a non-bug.
 > Please include concrete evidence if reopening again.

  - have a setup.py which uses the destination directory to write
    "config" files during installation

  - using the distutils task without python helper programs
    installs into the wrong directory

plus, please could you point out what would go wrong when not using 
--install-layout=deb?