From 3f60f601cabc6b43848fc39ef1a66b6743bd645f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Thomas <jonathan@openshot.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 23:23:07 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Take 2: Trying again to fix the python fallback directory
 detection for Launchpad build servers

---
 bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt b/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b9c7b0af..179404abb 100644
--- a/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ 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 "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('platlib', scheme='posix_prefix')[1:])"
+              COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -c "import sysconfig; p=sysconfig.get_path('platlib', scheme='posix_prefix'); p=p[5:] if p.startswith('/usr/') else p.lstrip('/'); print(p)"
               OUTPUT_VARIABLE PYTHON_MODULE_PATH
               OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
     endif()