Bugs item #1109602, was opened at 2005-01-25 22:28 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1109602&group_id=5470
Category: Build Group: Python 2.5 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Skip Montanaro (montanaro) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Need some setup.py sanity Initial Comment: Python's setup.py has grown way out of control. I'm trying to build and install Python 2.4.0 on a Solaris system with Tcl/Tk installed in a non-standard place and I can't figure out the incantation to tell setup.py to look where they are installed. I have tried: * setting LDFLAGS and CPPFLAGS on the make and configure command lines * running "setup.py --help" and "setup.py build --help" * reading the setup.py source It's not at all obvious to me from any of this if there is any way to point setup.py at a non-standard place. Over time setup.py has grown into the Python equivalent of a configure script, but there's been precious little refactoring, so there is stuff all over the place to add this directory on that platform or try different ad hoc solutions for various external packages based upon common installation practices. I think it's time to rethink the function and organization of setup.py. This might be an excellent sprint topic for PyCon. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1109602&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
