MySQL Bugs: #70512: Windows source installation fails in trying to use /etc

Bug #70512	Windows source installation fails in trying to use /etc
Submitted:	3 Oct 2013 17:08	Modified:	5 Dec 2013 21:02
Reporter:	Todd Farmer (OCA)	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Fabric	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:	1.4.0	OS:	Windows
Assigned to:	Alfranio Tavares Correia Junior	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
When installing MySQL Fabric from source on Windows (only option available to Windows users currently), setup.py fails:

running install_data
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 395, in <module>
    setup(**ARGS)
  File "c:\Python27\lib\distutils\core.py", line 152, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "c:\Python27\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "c:\Python27\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 972, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "setup.py", line 121, in run
    _install.run(self)
  File "c:\Python27\lib\distutils\command\install.py", line 575, in run
    self.run_command(cmd_name)
  File "c:\Python27\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 326, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "c:\Python27\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 972, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "setup.py", line 378, in run
    _install_data.run(self)
  File "c:\Python27\lib\distutils\command\install_data.py", line 58, in run
    dir = convert_path(f[0])
  File "c:\Python27\lib\distutils\util.py", line 124, in convert_path
    raise ValueError, "path '%s' cannot be absolute" % pathname
ValueError: path '/etc\mysql' cannot be absolute

How to repeat:
Try to run setup.py install on Windows using source package obtained from labs.mysql.com.

Suggested fix:
Problem appears to be caused by line 330 in setup.py (comments mine):

        if os.name == 'posix' and install_dir in ('/', '/usr'):
            install_sysconfdir = '/etc'
        else:
            install_sysconfdir = os.path.join(install_dir, 'etc')
        # fix on Windows requires the following line commented out:
        # install_sysconfdir = '/etc'

Posted by developer:
 
Thank you for the bug report. Agree that it should be possible to install MySQL Fabric source on Windows so this needs to be fixed.

Fixed as of the upcoming MySQL Utilities 1.4.1 release, and here's the changelog entry:

On Microsoft Windows, attempting install Fabric from source by executing
"setup.py" would fail, as it required a "/etc" directory.

Thank you for the bug report.

Update: This is not specific to Fabric (1.4.x) and also affects the 1.3.x branch. Therefore, the 1.3.6/1.4.1 entry reads as:

On Microsoft Windows, attempting to install the MySQL Utilities from source would
fail, as "setup.py" required a "/etc" directory.