On 2010-10-21 at 08:31:10 -0400, W. Trevor King wrote: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 07:45:37PM +0200, Gianluca Montecchi wrote: > > python setup.py install > > > > does not install the manpages, since they are not builded > > You should install it with `make install` which generates the manpages > if they are missing.
It would be very nice (for us lazy packagers) to be able to install bugseverywhere using standard distutils instead of a custom makefile, mostly because it would allow to use preexisting scripts and templates instead of having to sed the hardcoded values in the Makefile. This is expecially nice when using a cross-compiling environment like openembedded, where even for pure python there are various custom locations and executables involved. I've tested package creation scripts for both Arch Linux and openembedded / Ångström using pure distutils and, except for the manpage, it is currently working better than trying to edit the Makefile. Since using plain distutils for the release tarball would also solve the issues with libbe/_version.py, allowing this installation road by adding pregenerated documentation would, imho, be a clean solution. -- Elena ``of Valhalla'' homepage: http://www.trueelena.org _______________________________________________ Be-devel mailing list [email protected] http://void.printf.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/be-devel
