Re: [Distutils] Problems installing otrace - unexpanded @libdir@ string

2013-02-11 Thread Marius Gedminas
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 09:09:12AM -0600, Skip Montanaro wrote: At work we use encap to create packages to distribute to our desktops and server. Creating a package involves installing it into an isolated directory, then creating an encap package from the directory's contents. Packages which

Re: [Distutils] Problems installing otrace - unexpanded @libdir@ string

2013-02-11 Thread Skip Montanaro
Marius Gedminas marius at pov.lt writes: Not distutils, but setuptools (or its fork distribute). The EASY-INSTALL-ENTRY-SCRIPT comment is a hint. ... Thanks for the hint. I will admit to just using this stuff blindly. I am certainly no packaging or distutils (or setuptools) expert. A

Re: [Distutils] Problems installing otrace - unexpanded @libdir@ string

2013-02-11 Thread Chris Jerdonek
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Skip Montanaro s...@pobox.com wrote: Marius Gedminas marius at pov.lt writes: Not distutils, but setuptools (or its fork distribute). The EASY-INSTALL-ENTRY-SCRIPT comment is a hint. ... Thanks for the hint. I will admit to just using this stuff blindly. I

[Distutils] Problems installing otrace - unexpanded @libdir@ string

2013-02-10 Thread Skip Montanaro
At work we use encap to create packages to distribute to our desktops and server. Creating a package involves installing it into an isolated directory, then creating an encap package from the directory's contents. Packages which expect to use distutils are a bit problematic, but with some magic