On 11/14/2007 1:19 PM, Phillip J. Eby wrote: >> I was wondering if someone could suggest a fix, especially for #1: I >> can't believe there's no way to ask distutils/setuptools to install a >> project-specific package (I am aware of the chapter "Custom Installation >> Locations" in EasyInstall docs, but that's more about installing >> packages at user-level instead of system-level; it doesn't cover the >> project-level which I need). > > setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --record=somefile ... > > The above incantation (along with whatever other options you want) will > let you install setuptools-based packages "the old fashioned way". You > will be responsible for installing the packages' dependencies in the > same way, however. You'll also be responsible for any uninstallation > prior to upgrading versions of those packages.
That's fine since it's exactly how it was working before. I'm happy there is a "backward-compatibility" option, but it's a pity there's no way to fix it in a way that still allows to fully use setuptools. -- Giovanni Bajo _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
