On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Jim Fulton <j...@zope.com> wrote:
[..]
> That sounds good, although
>
>    python2.6 setup.py --dry-run install
>
> doesn't work either. With the "simple example":
>
>  python2.6 setup.py --dry-run install
>  running install
>  running build
>  running build_py
>  running install_lib
>  copying build/lib/foo.py -> /usr/local/python/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages
>  error: file '/usr/local/python/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/foo.py'
> does not exist

I confirm this is not working (even under 2.5) -- please fill a bug in
bugs.python.org, I'll fix it.

> Or maybe this constitutes "working" for distutils. ;)

well, why do you want to do a dry run anyways ? make up your mind: do
you want it installed or not ? ;)

-- 
Tarek Ziadé | http://ziade.org
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