Re: [Distutils] Adding a setuptool command that runs when setup.py build is invoked

[Ronald Oussoren]

On 6 Jan, 2007, at 2:07, Phillip J. Eby wrote:

At 04:35 PM 1/5/2007 -0800, Scott Robertson wrote:

I'm trying to create a package that provides a setuptool command that will compile idl files when you run python setup.py build or python setup.py

install.


can run with:
   python setup.py build_omniidl

But I'm not sure how to wire it up so that
  python setup.py build


to act just like build_python.


Is this even possible with setuptools?

I've figured out how to add an additional command (build_omniidl) which I automatically invokes build_omniidl for me. Basically I want build_omniidl

'cmdclass' dictionary argument to setup().

In setuptools 0.7, I plan to allow adding support for these kinds of
extensions using entry points, so that subclassing isn't needed.

It's possible even with the distutils. What you need is to subclass the distutils 'build' command class, and then pass your subclass in via the

Ronald

Another alternative is to tweak distutils.commands.build.build.sub_commands, which is more convenient than subclassing.

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