Phillip J. Eby wrote: > At 08:57 PM 12/7/2006 +0200, Ilias Lazaridis wrote: >> ep_map = pkg_resources.EntryPoint.parse_map(dist.entry_points, >> dist)
> By the way, I missed this line in your email before: you should *not* pass > dist as the second argument here. That method is looking for a > pkg_resources.Distribution, not a distutils.Distribution. ok, this one works now (btw: either with "dist" or without it. but i've removed it, as you've suggested). > distutils.Distribution (and setuptools.dist.Distribution) represent > *source* distributions that have not been built yet. ok > pkg_resources.Distribution objects represent *built* and *importable* > distributions. They have different data structures and > behaviors. distutils Distribution objects have data and methods for > running commands and building, while pkg_resources.Distribution objects > know about import locations, entry points, package versions, and things > like that. You can't pass a distutils Distribution into *any* > pkg_resources APIs, or vice versa -- they are utterly incompatible objects. I have missed the existence of "pkg_resources.Distribution" totally (was looking on "setuptools.dist.Distribution / disutils.Distribution" ) are "pkg_resources.Distribution" objects finally the internal representation of eggs? . -- http://lazaridis.com _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
