-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Skip Montanaro wrote: > I have a simple setup.py file: > > #!/usr/bin/env python > > from distutils.core import setup > setup(name='lockfile', > author='Skip Montanaro', > author_email='skip <at> pobox.com', > maintainer='Skip Montanaro', > maintainer_email='skip <at> pobox.com', > url='http://www.webfast.com/~skip/python/', > download_url='http://www.webfast.com/~skip/python/lockfile.tar.gz', > version='0.1', > py_modules=['lockfile'], > data_files=[('doc', ['lockfile.rst'])], > ) > > I've used the data_files arg to setup to note where the docs live. Alas, > the sdist command doesn't include this in the tar file: > > % tar tfz dist/lockfile-0.1.tar.gz > lockfile-0.1/ > lockfile-0.1/lockfile.py > lockfile-0.1/PKG-INFO > lockfile-0.1/README > lockfile-0.1/setup.py > > I'm a complete distutils novice. I can't for the life of me understand why > the doc directory isn't included in the tar file. As far as I can tell > distutils has no explicit provision at all for distributing documentation, > which seems very weird. What am I missing?
Not a thing: you are exactly correct (I don't understand it either). Tres. - -- =================================================================== 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 iD8DBQFHJLGN+gerLs4ltQ4RAubwAKC/3EqMdGrsYZW4ylmNU43wgrocygCgxw0X 4xXPGbsC6mEP5TCJl/+W7yk= =veTk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
