Mailman 3 April 2008 - Distutils-SIG

[issue8] A Test Issue
by Jeff Rush 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

New submission from Jeff Rush <jeff(a)taupro.com>: Testing a bug post. ---------- assignedto: jrush messages: 13 nosy: jrush priority: urgent status: deferred title: A Test Issue _______________________________________________ Setuptools tracker <setuptools(a)bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/setuptools/issue8> _______________________________________________

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unit testing and stub c shared libraries
by Johannes Wienke 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

Hi, I'm currently struggling to find a good way for running unit tests in my project. Adding a custom Command to my setup.py for running the tests wouldn't be a big problem but the unit tests need a few additional shared libraries. These libraries are simple stub files used for testing the plugin loader I'm developing. So is there a way to tell distutils to build those shared libraries only if want to run the unit tests? Otherwise those libs should be ignored because I don't want them to be installed generally. Thanks for the help Johannes

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[zc.buildout] Accessing part configuration from other recipe?
by Andreas Jung 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Hi, is it possible to get hold of the buildout configuration of part A from within the recipe configured for part B? Usecase: the configuration of part A should work as blueprint for actions performed through the recipe configured for part B. Andreas

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Re: [Distutils] zip_safe=False not being respected? [it gets worse]
by Phillip J. Eby 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

At 12:02 PM 4/18/2008 -0400, Alexander Michael wrote: >On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Chris Withers ><chris(a)simplistix.co.uk> wrote: > > Alexander Michael wrote: > > > > > By default, setuptools enabled setup.py's install eggs (either zipped > > > or unzipped) so that you can multiple version installed (but only one > > > active, of course). If you want to install just a single version as a > > > standard python package directory, then use the > > > --single-version-externally-managed option as described in the > > > documentation: > > > > > > > $ python2.4 setup.py install --home=$INSTANCE \ > > --single-version-externally-managed > > running install > > error: You must specify --record or --root when building system packages > > > > Sadly neither the --record or --root options appear to be documented > > anywhere... > >That is sad. There is a hint from "python setup.py install --help": > --root install everything relative to this > alternate root directory > --record filename in which to record list of > installed files > >Maybe they're provided by standard distutils? I know the seuptools >documentation doesn't reiterate anything about distutils, just the >additions. Correct: --root and --record are standard distutils options. In this case, you want --record, not --root. The reason this option requires either --root or --record, is so that you have a way to know what was installed and uninstall it. In the --root case, everything installed will be under a single directory tree, and in the --record case, you'll have a list of the files.

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Re: [Distutils] zip_safe=False not being respected? [it gets worse]
by Alexander Michael 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Chris Withers <chris(a)simplistix.co.uk> wrote: > Alexander Michael wrote: > > > By default, setuptools enabled setup.py's install eggs (either zipped > > or unzipped) so that you can multiple version installed (but only one > > active, of course). If you want to install just a single version as a > > standard python package directory, then use the > > --single-version-externally-managed option as described in the > > documentation: > > > > $ python2.4 setup.py install --home=$INSTANCE \ > --single-version-externally-managed > running install > error: You must specify --record or --root when building system packages > > Sadly neither the --record or --root options appear to be documented > anywhere... That is sad. There is a hint from "python setup.py install --help": --root install everything relative to this alternate root directory --record filename in which to record list of installed files Maybe they're provided by standard distutils? I know the seuptools documentation doesn't reiterate anything about distutils, just the additions.

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zip_safe=False not being respected?
by Chris Withers 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Hi All, I'm trying to install a package into a Zope INSTANCE_HOME with: python2.4 setup.py install --home=$INSTANCE_HOME ...however, this is leaving me with an easy-install.pth and a .egg file in $INSTANCE_HOME, even though the package has zip_safe=False in its setup.py. What gives? cheers, Chris -- Simplistix - Content Management, Zope & Python Consulting - http://www.simplistix.co.uk

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programatically making eggs
by David Pratt 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Hi. What would be the best way of programatically making eggs as opposed to python setup.py bdist_egg sdist on the command line. Many thanks.

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How to test setup.py with easy_install?
by skip＠pobox.com 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

So I've just added install_requires=["lockfile>=0.2"] to my setup() call. How do I test that from within my local source repository? Running "python setup.py install" doesn't seem to do anything with it (I didn't expect it to). I assume I have to get easy_install to process the setup.py file in the current directory somehow, but I don't see how. Thanks, Skip

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Re: [Distutils] [Python-3000] sizeof(size_t) < sizeof(long)
by David Cournapeau 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

Greg Ewing wrote: > When you go into a computer store and ask for > 256MB of RAM, you don't expect to be asked "What size > bytes would that be, then, sir?" > I ask for "256 Mo", Mo for Mega-octet: French (and most non English languages I am aware of) does not have this ambiguity :) And anyway, in a computer store, you find memory for personal computers, where one byte always has 8 bits. > So it's a de facto standard, and one that works perfectly > well. Going against it is both futile and unnecessary, > as far as I can see. > Going against the C standard seems pretty futile to me. cheers, David

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Setuptools: problem with setuptools.command.bdist_egg:write_stub
by Ian Bicking 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

In setuptools.command.bdist_egg:write_stub() Setuptools writes this function out alongside .so files: def __bootstrap__(): global __bootstrap__, __loader__, __file__ import sys, pkg_resources, imp __file__ = pkg_resources.resource_filename(__name__,<resource filename>) del __bootstrap__, __loader__ imp.load_dynamic(__name__,__file__) __bootstrap__() This is problematic on App Engine, as the .py file is loaded because .so files cannot be imported. However, unlike a zip file (where I assume this function is intended to be used) there is no __loader__. As a result "del __loader__" fails. I submitted this to App Engine (http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=229), but I also think Setuptools is creating an unnecessarily fragile function here. -- Ian Bicking : ianb(a)colorstudy.com : http://blog.ianbicking.org

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