[Distutils] installing scripts into the user's PATH

2008-01-03 Thread Carl Karsten
Scripts are files containing Python source code, intended to be started from the command line. http://docs.python.org/dist/node11.html I want to do that. I am hoping that once it is done, it will be in a dir that is in the user's OS PATH. (if that sounds restrictive, I didn't say it right.

Re: [Distutils] installing scripts into the user's PATH

2008-01-03 Thread Phillip J. Eby
At 12:03 PM 1/3/2008 -0600, Carl Karsten wrote: Scripts are files containing Python source code, intended to be started from the command line. http://docs.python.org/dist/node11.html I want to do that. I am hoping that once it is done, it will be in a dir that is in the user's OS PATH. (if

Re: [Distutils] installing scripts into the user's PATH

2008-01-03 Thread phil jones
I take it there's nothing in distutils that can actually update the user's OS PATH? On Jan 3, 2008 4:37 PM, Phillip J. Eby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 12:03 PM 1/3/2008 -0600, Carl Karsten wrote: Scripts are files containing Python source code, intended to be started from the command line.

Re: [Distutils] bugfix for GUI.exe launcher

2008-01-03 Thread Alexander Michael
On Dec 31, 2007 4:55 PM, Robin Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see in the archives that this has been reported before, and I can verify that the attached patch does fix the problem for me. Basically what is happening is that the launcher is trying to execute python with the #! still in the

Re: [Distutils] installing scripts into the user's PATH

2008-01-03 Thread Carl Karsten
Phillip J. Eby wrote: At 12:03 PM 1/3/2008 -0600, Carl Karsten wrote: Scripts are files containing Python source code, intended to be started from the command line. http://docs.python.org/dist/node11.html I want to do that. I am hoping that once it is done, it will be in a dir that is

Re: [Distutils] installing scripts into the user's PATH

2008-01-03 Thread Phillip J. Eby
At 02:17 PM 1/3/2008 -0600, Carl Karsten wrote: Phillip J. Eby wrote: At 12:03 PM 1/3/2008 -0600, Carl Karsten wrote: Scripts are files containing Python source code, intended to be started from the command line. http://docs.python.org/dist/node11.html I want to do that. I am hoping that once

Re: [Distutils] installing scripts into the user's PATH

2008-01-03 Thread Phillip J. Eby
At 05:09 PM 1/3/2008 -0200, phil jones wrote: I take it there's nothing in distutils that can actually update the user's OS PATH? Nope. ___ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig

Re: [Distutils] bugfix for GUI.exe launcher

2008-01-03 Thread Phillip J. Eby
At 02:22 PM 1/3/2008 -0500, Alexander Michael wrote: I raised this issue in the beginning of December [1]_ but haven't received a response yet (nor have I seen it corrected in the SVN). I would like to see this corrected, but I was under the impression that bug reports for setuptools should be

Re: [Distutils] bugfix for GUI.exe launcher

2008-01-03 Thread Alexander Michael
On Jan 3, 2008 4:12 PM, Phillip J. Eby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 02:22 PM 1/3/2008 -0500, Alexander Michael wrote: I raised this issue in the beginning of December [1]_ but haven't received a response yet (nor have I seen it corrected in the SVN). I would like to see this corrected, but I

Re: [Distutils] installing scripts into the user's PATH

2008-01-03 Thread Dave Peterson
Phillip J. Eby wrote: At 12:03 PM 1/3/2008 -0600, Carl Karsten wrote: Scripts are files containing Python source code, intended to be started from the command line. http://docs.python.org/dist/node11.html I want to do that. I am hoping that once it is done, it will be in a dir that is

Re: [Distutils] installing scripts into the user's PATH

2008-01-03 Thread Dave Peterson
Phillip J. Eby wrote: At 05:09 PM 1/3/2008 -0200, phil jones wrote: I take it there's nothing in distutils that can actually update the user's OS PATH? Nope. This may not help in the general case, but if you have a more specific, say customer delivery, issue then you might

Re: [Distutils] bugfix for GUI.exe launcher

2008-01-03 Thread Phillip J. Eby
At 05:49 PM 1/3/2008 -0500, Alexander Michael wrote: On Jan 3, 2008 4:12 PM, Phillip J. Eby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 02:22 PM 1/3/2008 -0500, Alexander Michael wrote: I raised this issue in the beginning of December [1]_ but haven't received a response yet (nor have I seen it corrected in

Re: [Distutils] installing scripts into the user's PATH

2008-01-03 Thread Phillip J. Eby
At 05:00 PM 1/3/2008 -0600, Dave Peterson wrote: Just curious, but is there a reason setuptools uses 'Scripts' on Windows instead of the 'Tools' dir? Unless I'm mistaken, a a new install of Python 2.5 puts scripts in 'Tools'. It puts Python-supplied scripts there, yes, but the convention of

[Distutils] virtual env w/ python2.4.4 and python2.5.1 on OS X Leopard, each with different virtual setup tools problem

2008-01-03 Thread Noah Gift
I am attaching a thread I started privately with Ian. The question is multi-part and somewhat complicated so please be patient. Background: I am running python2.5.1, the system python, i.e., default on Leopard: /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/bin/ python2.5 I have

Re: [Distutils] installing scripts into the user's PATH

2008-01-03 Thread Dave Peterson
Phillip J. Eby wrote: At 05:00 PM 1/3/2008 -0600, Dave Peterson wrote: Just curious, but is there a reason setuptools uses 'Scripts' on Windows instead of the 'Tools' dir? Unless I'm mistaken, a a new install of Python 2.5 puts scripts in 'Tools'. It puts Python-supplied scripts there, yes,

[Distutils] easy_install -f confusion

2008-01-03 Thread Ian Bicking
Jeff Hammel and myself were going over a problem with -f seemingly being ignored in easy_install, and it took us a while to realize that you have to do something like easy_install -f 'url1 url2 ...', and you can't do easy_install -f url1 -f url2. It's literally been years that I've been