At 03:43 PM 11/7/2006 -0500, Eric S. Johansson wrote: >Phillip J. Eby wrote: > > At 10:42 AM 11/7/2006 -0500, Eric S. Johansson wrote: > >> I'm trying to extend distutiles to do things like fix permissions etc. > >> have a draft that works but I'm not sure how to invoke it. I'm > >> running it after setup() but as you would expect it always run on any > >> setup operation. How can I limit when my code run only when it's a > >> build command? > >> > >> I tried following the distutiles extension instructions but it is a bit > >> thin. some pointers would be appreciated. Thanks for your time. > > > > > > Subclass the appropriate command class, e.g. > > distuils.command.build_ext.build_ext or whatever, extending the run() > > method to do what you want. Add it to the 'cmdclass' dictionary in your > > setup() call. > > thank you. Your advice helped by can't quite say why. Somehow it >closed a missing gap. I would suggest something more like this inside >the documentation for integrating new commands
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