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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m new to buildout. The project I’m working on uses pywbem (http://pywbem.sf.net), which seems to have some bad form in its project directory structure. Since pywbem isn’t up on PyPI, I’ve checked out the project from sf.net as a subdirectory of my project. Here’s a tree listing of my project directory (the basic structure was built by paster using the modern_project_template):<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>c:\...\my-project>tree /A<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>+---pywbem<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>| +---irecv<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>| \---testsuite<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>| \---testmofs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>\---src<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> +---myproject<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> \---my_project.egg-info<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Note that the pywbem sub-directory has no src directory. Its setup.py looks like this:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue'>from</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> distutils.core </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue'>import</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> setup, Extension</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue'>import</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> sys, string, os</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue'>import</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> shutil</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue'>import</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> mof_compiler</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>mof_compiler._build()</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>args = {</span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'name'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>: </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'<u>pywbem</u>'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'author'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>: </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'<u>Tim</u> Potter'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'author_email'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>: </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'<u>tpot@hp.com</u>'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'description'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>: </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'<u>Python</u> WBEM client library'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'long_description'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>: __doc__,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'platforms'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>: [</span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'any'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>],</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'<u>url</u>'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>: </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'http://pywbem.sf.net/'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'version'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>: </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'0.7.0'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'license'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>: </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'LGPLv2'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'packages'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>: [</span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'<u>pywbem</u>'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>],</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:silver'># Make packages in root <u>dir</u> appear in <u>pywbem</u> module</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'package_dir'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>: {</span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'<u>pywbem</u>'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>: </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>''</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>}, </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:silver'># Make extensions in root <u>dir</u> appear in <u>pywbem</u> module</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'ext_package'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>: </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#00AA00'>'<u>pywbem</u>'</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> }</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>setup(**args)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The problem I’m having is that when I add pywbem as a devel directory to my buildout.cfg file, the sys.path is configured to assume that pywbem has a src directory so it can’t find the module because ‘.’ Is not in the sys.path. Only my own ‘src’ directory - and ‘pywbem’, of course. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I was about to reorganize the pywbem project a bit, but I thought I’d ask if anyone has any ideas on how to get buildout to consume pywbem in its current form. I don’t own the project, and I have no developer rights to it, so I’d like to make as few changes as possible to it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks in advance,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John Calcote<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>