At 07:11 PM 1/14/2008 -0500, Stanley A. Klein wrote: >I found a simple fix. I commented out the following line in setup.py: > >additional_params['install_requires'] = [ "PyXML >= 0.8.3", ] > >That functionality is seriously broken when on an rpm-based system.
How so? A correct installation of PyXML for Python 2.5 and up should include its .egg-info, assuming PyXML is built using the distutils. If it does not do so, the system Python installation is broken -- and that is the case for Fedora version 8. (Fedora 9 fixed the problem.) There isn't a lot that developers can do about distributors removing files without knowing what those files are for. (Note that Fedora 8 specifically *patched the distutils* to prevent .egg-info files from being created or installed, thereby creating this problem.) _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig