Phillip J. Eby wrote: > At 10:08 AM 5/18/2006 -0400, Jim Fulton wrote: > >> If I explicitly specify an installation directory, for example, by >> specifying: >> >> [install] >> install_lib = ~/py-lib >> install_scripts = ~/bin >> >> in setup.cfg, setuptools gives me an error is the specified >> lib dir isn't in the Python path. >> >> Why is this? Is this for my protection? If so, I don't need a path >> nanny. :) > > > Maybe not, but everybody else does. ;)
Says you. >> I can understand this, to some degree, if --prefix is used, >> but if I specifically set an install location, setuptools should trust >> that I know what the heck I'm doing. > > > EasyInstall is telling you that as things stand, it can't accomplish > what you asked it to -- specifically to install to that directory in > such a way that the package is importable. If you use -m (aka > --multi-version), then it will not care because getting stuff on the > runtime path is then *your* responsibility, not setuptools'. > > The issue here is that when you install eggs without -m, the target > directory must support .pth files. To do that, it must be on PYTHONPATH > (and use a site.py hack) or it must be a "site" directory. You can > assert that a directory is a "site" directory using --site-dirs, and > EasyInstall will then believe you. > > In short, use -m or --site-dirs, and in either case EasyInstall will > permit you to be responsible for the results, without nannying. But if > you don't use either of those options, then it will want proof of your > sanity (i.e. a correct PYTHONPATH) when installing to a non-site > directory. :) How about an i_do_not_need_a_path_nanny in the config file? ;) Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Python Powered! CTO (540) 361-1714 http://www.python.org Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com http://www.zope.org _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
