python setup.py develop --build-directory=build worked for me:: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/devel/setuptools-test$ python setup.py develop -b build running develop running egg_info writing requirements to lib/foopackage.egg-info/requires.txt writing lib/foopackage.egg-info/PKG-INFO writing top-level names to lib/foopackage.egg-info/top_level.txt writing entry points to lib/foopackage.egg-info/entry_points.txt reading manifest file 'lib/foopackage.egg-info/SOURCES.txt' writing manifest file 'lib/foopackage.egg-info/SOURCES.txt' running build_ext Creating /home/robin/devel/0root/lib/python2.4/site-packages/foopackage.egg-link (link to lib) foopackage 0.0.0 is already the active version in easy-install.pth Installing fooconf script to /home/robin/devel/0root/bin
Installed /home/robin/devel/setuptools-test/lib Processing dependencies for foopackage==0.0.0 Searching for Twisted>=2.4.0 Reading http://www.python.org/pypi/Twisted/ Reading http://twistedmatrix.com/ Reading http://www.python.org/pypi/Twisted/2.4.0 Best match: Twisted 2.4.0 Downloading http://tmrc.mit.edu/mirror/twisted/Twisted/2.4/Twisted-2.4.0.tar.bz2Processing Twisted-2.4.0.tar.bz2 Running setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir build/twisted/egg-dist-tmp-n9yA5h usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...] or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...] or: setup.py --help-commands or: setup.py cmd --help error: invalid command 'bdist_egg' Error: Subprocess exited with result 1 for project core error: Setup script exited with 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/devel/setuptools-test$ ls build/twisted LICENSE TwistedConch-0.7.0 TwistedNames-0.3.0 TwistedWords-0.4.0 README TwistedCore-2.4.0 TwistedNews-0.2.0 ZopeInterface-3.1.0c1 setup.py TwistedLore-0.2.0 TwistedRunner-0.2.0 temp TwistedMail-0.3.0 TwistedWeb-0.6.0 and:: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/devel/setuptools-test$ python setup.py develop --help <snip> --build-directory (-b) download/extract/build in DIR; keep the results _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
