2009/7/2 Tarek Ziadé <ziade.ta...@gmail.com>:
> Try this setup.py file:
>
> """
> from distutils.core import setup
>
> setup(name='foo', version='1.0', data_files=[('/tmp', ['data'])])
> """
>
> with this MANIFEST.in file:
> ""
> include data
> """
>
> and add a 'data' file alongsideTa. I'll give it a go tonight. But haven't you made the point yourself by saying I'll need to change the directory? This will fail for me as I don't have a "/tmp" directory. So I'd expect a bdist installer (*any* bdist installer) to fail, as it's got no way to tell where to put that file. I can only imagine this type of thing being done by someone packaging for Unix, with no interest in cross-platform portability (I suspect MAC OS directory names differ from Unix as well). So maybe absolute filenames should be banned in distutils? (OK, less radically, maybe someone should ask where that functionality is used in practice, and based on the answers come up with a more portable approach). Paul. _______________________________________________ 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
