Mailman 3 January 2008 - Distutils-SIG

Re: [Distutils] [Enthought-dev] Building Fedora RPMs
by 保坂範行 17 Jan '08

17 Jan '08

> I tried to do that and build the package, but I ran into problems of svn > and setuptools remembering what was there before and I got worse errors. > :-( I've had problems like that before. clean /var/tmp with rm -rf /var/tmp/*

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docs on using setuptools in a release cycle with RPMS
by Noah Gift 17 Jan '08

17 Jan '08

I am trying to get egg generation entry points integrated with building RPM's, and hopefully debian packages too. I haven't had much luck finding any documentation on this though. My specific question is: Can I use: python2.5 ./setup.py bdist_rpm --binary-only --release=py25 --python=/ usr/local/bin/python2.5 and expect that an console script entry point I define in setup.py will install to the bin directory for an rpm as well? If someone has some documents or a build script I could look at, I would appreciate it. Noah

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Re: [Distutils] pypi and easy_install
by Phillip J. Eby 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

At 03:48 PM 1/16/2008 +0100, Giampaolo Rodola' wrote: > > > Unfortunately the distutils.archive_util module was written before > > > tarfile was available. > >Are there chances to see this implemented? Are you volunteering? :) If so, then perhaps you can get a patch in for Python 2.6.

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Re: [Distutils] pypi and easy_install
by Giampaolo Rodola' 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

2008/1/16, Phillip J. Eby <pje(a)telecommunity.com>: > > At 03:05 AM 1/16/2008 +0100, Giampaolo Rodola' wrote: > > >Thanks for the useful information I wasn't aware of. > > >I'll use MANIFEST file. > > > > You probably mean MANIFEST.in -- the MANIFEST file is generated > > automatically by the distutils, and is even more of a pain to work with. Yes, sorry: I meant MANIFEST.in.

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Re: [Distutils] pypi and easy_install
by Giampaolo Rodola' 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

> > Unfortunately the distutils.archive_util module was written before > > tarfile was available. Are there chances to see this implemented? 2008/1/16, Giampaolo Rodola' <billiejoex(a)gmail.com>: > > Unfortunately the distutils.archive_util module was written before > > tarfile was available. > > Are there chances to see this implemented? > > 2008/1/16, Phillip J. Eby <pje(a)telecommunity.com>: > > At 04:56 AM 1/16/2008 +0100, Giampaolo Rodola' wrote: > > >I'm sorry, just one more question (hopefully). > > >I work from Windows and I'd like to generate a gzipped tar file (.tar.gz). > > >On documentation I see that: > > > > > >"It requires external utilities: tar and possibly one of gzip, bzip2, > > >or compress" > > > > > >I installed: > > >http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gtar.htm > > >...and: > > >http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gzip.htm > > > > > >Since apparently there's no way to provide cmd line arguments to tell > > >distutils where to find gtar and gzip executables I created two .bat > > >files in the setup.py directory pointing to original utility > > >executables but after having run setup.py sdist the installation hangs > > >on when arrives to run the tar.exe utility. > > >Is there an easier way for doing what I want? > > >I know that maybe this is more a Windows issue than a distutils issue > > >but I find very uncomfortable the way distutils manage such things. > > > > > >PS - I've never used it but by reading the documentation it seems that > > >the tarfile module would be able to read and write those kind of > > >archives. If that is true it would be much easier using that instead > > >of relying on third party packages like those ones I've tried. > > > Unfortunately the distutils.archive_util module was written before > tarfile was available. > > Could we hope > > > You should only need to have the "tar" and "gzip" executables in a > > directory on your PATH in order to have them work, though. > > > > >

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Re: [Distutils] pypi and easy_install
by Phillip J. Eby 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

At 03:05 AM 1/16/2008 +0100, Giampaolo Rodola' wrote: >Thanks for the useful information I wasn't aware of. >I'll use MANIFEST file. You probably mean MANIFEST.in -- the MANIFEST file is generated automatically by the distutils, and is even more of a pain to work with.

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Re: [Distutils] pypi and easy_install
by Phillip J. Eby 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

At 04:56 AM 1/16/2008 +0100, Giampaolo Rodola' wrote: >I'm sorry, just one more question (hopefully). >I work from Windows and I'd like to generate a gzipped tar file (.tar.gz). >On documentation I see that: > >"It requires external utilities: tar and possibly one of gzip, bzip2, >or compress" > >I installed: >http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gtar.htm >...and: >http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gzip.htm > >Since apparently there's no way to provide cmd line arguments to tell >distutils where to find gtar and gzip executables I created two .bat >files in the setup.py directory pointing to original utility >executables but after having run setup.py sdist the installation hangs >on when arrives to run the tar.exe utility. >Is there an easier way for doing what I want? >I know that maybe this is more a Windows issue than a distutils issue >but I find very uncomfortable the way distutils manage such things. > >PS - I've never used it but by reading the documentation it seems that >the tarfile module would be able to read and write those kind of >archives. If that is true it would be much easier using that instead >of relying on third party packages like those ones I've tried. Unfortunately the distutils.archive_util module was written before tarfile was available. You should only need to have the "tar" and "gzip" executables in a directory on your PATH in order to have them work, though.

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Re: [Distutils] pypi and easy_install
by Phillip J. Eby 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

At 02:00 AM 1/16/2008 +0100, Giampaolo Rodola' wrote: >2008/1/14, Phillip J. Eby <pje(a)telecommunity.com>: > > At 02:14 AM 1/14/2008 +0100, Giampaolo Rodola' wrote: > > > > (This is a distutils feature and doesn't require setuptools, although > > > > the distutils are a bit trickier to get the tarball to include > > > > everything, as you have to explicitly list in MANIFEST.in anything > > > > that distutils doesn't automatically pick up. > > > > > >Sorry for replying so late. > > >Gently, I would be interested in knowing how can I have distutils to > > >include everything. > > >Currently I've tried to use setup.py sdist but CREDITS, HISTORY, > > >INSTALL and LICENSE files aren't included in the tarball. > > > > http://python.org/doc/2.4.1/dist/manifest.html > >Is there a way to specify that in setup.py? Not that I'm aware of, no. You just put the MANIFEST.in next to setup.py. The alternative is to use setuptools + source control: setuptools natively picks the files up from SVN or CVS, and there are plugins for several other source control systems including Bazaar, Git, Monotone, and Mercurial, if I recall correctly. (Search PyPI for "setuptools" and the appropriate tool to find the plugin.) (Note that these revision control plugins do NOT require users of your package to have the revision control tool OR the plugin -- it only affects *building* the source distribution, not using it. In fact, it's even possible to make it so your users don't have to have setuptools, although that's not the default setup.)

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Re: [Distutils] pypi and easy_install
by Phillip J. Eby 15 Jan '08

15 Jan '08

At 02:14 AM 1/14/2008 +0100, Giampaolo Rodola' wrote: > > (This is a distutils feature and doesn't require setuptools, although > > the distutils are a bit trickier to get the tarball to include > > everything, as you have to explicitly list in MANIFEST.in anything > > that distutils doesn't automatically pick up. > >Sorry for replying so late. >Gently, I would be interested in knowing how can I have distutils to >include everything. >Currently I've tried to use setup.py sdist but CREDITS, HISTORY, >INSTALL and LICENSE files aren't included in the tarball. http://python.org/doc/2.4.1/dist/manifest.html

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More re:Craziness in dependency checking of PyXML version
by Stanley A. Klein 15 Jan '08

15 Jan '08

I found a simple fix. I commented out the following line in setup.py: additional_params['install_requires'] = [ "PyXML >= 0.8.3", ] That functionality is seriously broken when on an rpm-based system. Stan Klein

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