Jan Claeys wrote: > Op woensdag 29-11-2006 om 12:23 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Armin > Rigo: >> I could not agree more. Nowadays, whenever I get an account on a new >> Linux machine, the first thing I have to do is reinstall Python >> correctly in my home dir because the system Python lacks distutils. >> Wasteful. (There are some applications and libraries that use >> distutils at run-time to compile things, and I'm using such >> applications and libraries on a daily basis.) > > I think you should blame the sysadmins, and kick them to install python > properly for use by a developer, because every distro I know provides > distutils... ;-) > > I think the point is that some distros (Debian is the one that springs to mind most readily, but I'm not a distro archivist) require a separate install for distutils even though it's been a part of the standard *Python* distro since 2.3 (2.2?)
So, it isn't that you can't get distutils, it's that you have to take an extra step over and above installing Python. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://holdenweb.blogspot.com Recent Ramblings http://del.icio.us/steve.holden _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
