-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> By the way, at OSAF we had a similar issue recently with needing a > local distutils.cfg; the recipe for creating a simple "virtual > distutils" in case anyone needs it is: > > distutils.py: > __path__ = ['/path/to/the/real/distutils'] # yes, it ends with 'distutils' > from distutils.__init__ import __version__, __revision__, __doc__ > > You can then put a distutils.cfg alongside it, in a directory that's > on sys.path *before* the real disutils. (And you'll need, of course, > to know where the real distutils is.) Cool, thanks. That solution (importing the other names into the virtual module) probably suppresses some weird edge-case bugs I hadn't stumbled over in mine yet. Ian, I withdraw my "motion" in favor of Phillip's "friendly amendment." ;) Ters. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHC8vb+gerLs4ltQ4RAneYAJ0UHSF3x4uqDZZvjfvGCKwRdtHh7wCgsZzX N+kqXa5CllJ3PQW+cHqtotM= =w+Vh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
