On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 12:10:19PM +0100, Antonio Cuni wrote: > On 28/11/10 10:48, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > >> > i got python-magic working , after i installed without easy_install > >> > (easy_install fail because it tried to install ctypes). > > > great > > well, that's still a bit strange. Why does easy_install try to install ctypes, > given that it's in the stdlib?
The standard library doesn't have setuptools metadata that would tell easy_install about ctypes already being available, so easy_install tries to download and install ctypes if asked to. Marius Gedminas -- I'm a shareware signature! Send $2 if you use me, $10 for a manual.
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