From 353e6ae4f16abe245172dd6c97ff58208ffc19c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Thomas <jonathan@openshot.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:05:23 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Changing python install detected folder, to be relative
 folder. This is breaking on some build servers, due to returning an absolute
 path that is installed outside of the install prefix.

---
 bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt b/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a109ee11..8b9c7b0af 100644
--- a/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,12 +116,8 @@ if (NOT DEFINED PYTHON_MODULE_PATH)
 
     if (NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${PYTHON_MODULE_PATH}")
       ### Calculate the python module path (prefer sysconfig, fallback to distutils for compatibility)
-      execute_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -c "\
-try:
-  import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('platlib'))
-except ImportError:
-  from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; \
-  print(get_python_lib(plat_specific=True, prefix=''))"
+      execute_process(
+              COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('platlib', scheme='posix_prefix')[1:])"
               OUTPUT_VARIABLE PYTHON_MODULE_PATH
               OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
     endif()