http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/README flawed

[arch_o_median]

In the "INSTALLING" section "The Python Way" subsection users of stow are advised as follows:

150 	  you use GNU stow, add the options "--prefix=." and
151 	  "--root=/usr/local/stow/${PACKAGE}" to the "setup.py install" command.

However when I run this command I receive the following output:

0 arc@coelacanth /usr/local/stow/tahoe> sudo ./setup.py --prefix=. --root=/usr/local/stow/${PACKAGE} install
/usr/lib/python2.5/distutils/dist.py:263: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'test_suite'
  warnings.warn(msg)
usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...]
   or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...]
   or: setup.py --help-commands
   or: setup.py cmd --help

error: option --prefix not recognized

[zooko]

That's weird -- how can setup.py not recognize the "--prefix" option?

[zooko]

Dear arch_o_median:

Can you think of a better way to write this part of the source:README than this? 3d1adf6d30c822f5 If not, please mark this ticket as "resolve: fixed".