On 11/3/05, Neal Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 03 November 2005 9:01 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I would say, don't suggest the -D option as if it is safe. It may > > interfere with existing packaging system. > > > > Better suggest a non-root installation and if that is not wanted, the > > -D option and take whatever consequence that may result. > > Ideally, if an equivalent package is already installed, it should just be used > and not replaced. I guess this is what --ignore-conflicts-at-my-risk does? > The message is not clear to me.
Not exactly. TurboGears needs to use the eggs because they provide additional metadata that does not exist in the non-egg packages (version number, for instance). The ignore conflicts option, as I understand it, will still install the egg but it will also leave the old package there. I think the "at my risk" is because it won't always be clear what you've got when you do "import elementtree". Kevin
