Author: atagar Date: 2011-01-16 02:15:33 +0000 (Sun, 16 Jan 2011) New Revision: 24091
Modified: arm/trunk/setup.py Log: Providing a --docPath argument for overriding the doc install location This is to help support Gentoo ebuilds, as discussed in https://bugs.gentoo.org/349792 Modified: arm/trunk/setup.py =================================================================== --- arm/trunk/setup.py 2011-01-15 23:32:35 UTC (rev 24090) +++ arm/trunk/setup.py 2011-01-16 02:15:33 UTC (rev 24091) @@ -17,6 +17,23 @@ docPath = "/usr/share/doc/%s" % ("tor-arm" if isDebInstall else "arm") +# Allow the docPath to be overridden via a '--docPath' argument. This is to +# support custom documentation locations on Gentoo, as discussed in: +# https://bugs.gentoo.org/349792 + +try: + docPathFlagIndex = sys.argv.index("--docPath") + if docPathFlagIndex < len(sys.argv) - 1: + docPath = sys.argv[docPathFlagIndex + 1] + + # remove the custom --docPath argument (otherwise the setup call will + # complain about them) + del sys.argv[docPathFlagIndex:docPathFlagIndex + 3] + else: + print "No path provided for --docPath" + sys.exit(1) +except ValueError: pass # --docPath flag not found + # Provides the configuration option to install to "/usr/share" rather than as a # python module. Alternatives are to either provide this as an input argument # (not an option for deb/rpm builds) or add a setup.cfg with: @@ -77,8 +94,7 @@ # Removes the egg_info file. Apparently it is not optional during setup # (hardcoded in distutils/command/install.py), nor are there any arguments to -# bypass its creation. -# TODO: not sure how to remove this from the deb build too... +# bypass its creation. The deb build removes this as part of its rules script. eggPath = '/usr/share/arm-%s.egg-info' % VERSION if not isDebInstall and os.path.isfile(eggPath):
