> > Unfortunately the distutils.archive_util module was written before > > tarfile was available.
Are there chances to see this implemented? 2008/1/16, Giampaolo Rodola' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Unfortunately the distutils.archive_util module was written before > > tarfile was available. > > Are there chances to see this implemented? > > 2008/1/16, Phillip J. Eby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > At 04:56 AM 1/16/2008 +0100, Giampaolo Rodola' wrote: > > >I'm sorry, just one more question (hopefully). > > >I work from Windows and I'd like to generate a gzipped tar file (.tar.gz). > > >On documentation I see that: > > > > > >"It requires external utilities: tar and possibly one of gzip, bzip2, > > >or compress" > > > > > >I installed: > > >http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gtar.htm > > >...and: > > >http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gzip.htm > > > > > >Since apparently there's no way to provide cmd line arguments to tell > > >distutils where to find gtar and gzip executables I created two .bat > > >files in the setup.py directory pointing to original utility > > >executables but after having run setup.py sdist the installation hangs > > >on when arrives to run the tar.exe utility. > > >Is there an easier way for doing what I want? > > >I know that maybe this is more a Windows issue than a distutils issue > > >but I find very uncomfortable the way distutils manage such things. > > > > > >PS - I've never used it but by reading the documentation it seems that > > >the tarfile module would be able to read and write those kind of > > >archives. If that is true it would be much easier using that instead > > >of relying on third party packages like those ones I've tried. > > > Unfortunately the distutils.archive_util module was written before > tarfile was available. > > Could we hope > > > You should only need to have the "tar" and "gzip" executables in a > > directory on your PATH in order to have them work, though. > > > > > _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
