2009/6/4 Tarek Ziadé <ziade.ta...@gmail.com>: > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Brian Sutherland > <br...@vanguardistas.net> wrote: >> >> So, with setuptools I was running this while building a package: >> >> python2.X setup,py install --single-version-externally-managed >> --root=debian/$(package) --install-data=usr/lib/$(package) >> >> So, now I would need to run this: >> >> python2.X setup,py install --root=debian/$(package) >> --install-data=usr/lib/$(package) --installer >> 7e2fccc88b1f74aeee3d37340e8183ed >> >> And that would cause distutils to refuse to uninstall that package by >> default? > > something like that, > > but it would be even simpler : the installer option would be > automatically added by setuptools > when the 'install' command is called, with setuptools md5 marker. > (since setuptools has its own install command) > > That said, maybe setuptools would decide to rely on distutils for > uninstallation if its installation turns to be compatible > with distutils'one , and not provide its own marker when you manually > call 'install' like you showed.
Ok, so then in this situation the --single-version-externally-managed setuptools option could tell distutils to use a non-distutils marker while the default distutils marker is used when this option is not present. > And easy_install would have its own marker maybe, if the way it > installs stuff slighlty differs ok, seems reasonable:) Perhaps the --installer option take a string (like "dpkg") and convert that to an md5 sum? _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
