I'm learning my way around package building using setuptools, and would like to have scripts for a system administration package installed under $(prefix)/sbin instead of under the default $(prefix)/bin directory without requiring the installer to use the manual 'python setup.py install --install-scripts=...'.
I would like to have something in the setup.cfg file like this which would be handled by the normal ConfigParser expansion. Either I have the syntax wrong, or the setuptools/distutils configuration parsing is different. [global] prefix=/path/to/prefix [install] install-scripts=%(prefix)s/sbin Better yet would be for the prefix to be available from the command line or taken from sys.prefix if not specified. Is there a way to do this other than fiddling the site.cfg file? Bill -- INTERNET: b...@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upwardly mobile. -- Hunter S. Thompson _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
