Mailman 3 March 2012 - Distutils-SIG

Two fixes (at last)
by Greg Ward 29 Apr '18

29 Apr '18

Hi all -- at long last, I have fixed two problems that a couple people noticed a while ago: * I folded in Amos Latteier's NT patches almost verbatim -- just changed an `os.path.sep == "/"' to `os.name == "posix"' and added some comments bitching about the inadequacy of the current library installation model (I think this is Python's fault, but for now Distutils is slavishly aping the situation in Python 1.5.x) * I fixed the problem whereby running "setup.py install" without doing anything else caused a crash (because 'build' hadn't yet been run). Now, the 'install' command automatically runs 'build' before doing anything; to make this bearable, I added a 'have_run' dictionary to the Distribution class to keep track of which commands have been run. So now not only are command classes singletons, but their 'run' method can only be invoked once -- both restrictions enforced by Distribution. The code is checked into CVS, or you can download a snapshot at http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/distutils-19990607.tar.gz Hope someone (Amos?) can try the new version under NT. Any takers for Mac OS? BTW, all parties involved in the Great "Where Do We Install Stuff?" Debate should take a good, hard look at the 'set_final_options()' method of the Install class in distutils/install.py; this is where all the policy decisions about where to install files are made. Currently it apes the Python 1.5 situation as closely as I could figure it out. Obviously, this is subject to change -- I just don't know to *what* it will change! Greg -- Greg Ward - software developer gward(a)cnri.reston.va.us Corporation for National Research Initiatives 1895 Preston White Drive voice: +1-703-620-8990 Reston, Virginia, USA 20191-5434 fax: +1-703-620-0913

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Package versioning
by Timothy Docker 29 Apr '18

29 Apr '18

Hi all, I've been aware that the distutils sig has been simmerring away, but until recently it has not been directly relevant to what I do. I like the look of the proposed api, but have one question. Will this support an installed system that has multiple versions of the same package installed simultaneously? If not, then this would seem to be a significant limitation, especially when dependencies between packages are considered. Assuming it does, then how will this be achieved? I am presently managing this with a messy arrangement of symlinks. A package is installed with its version number in it's name, and a separate directory is created for an application with links from the unversioned package name to the versioned one. Then I just set the pythonpath to this directory. A sample of what the directory looks like is shown below. I'm sure there is a better solution that this, and I'm not sure that this would work under windows anyway (does windows have symlinks?). So, has this SIG considered such versioning issues yet? Cheers, Tim -------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Docker timd(a)macquarie.com.au Quantative Applications Division Macquarie Bank -------------------------------------------------------------- qad16:qad $ ls -l lib/python/ total 110 drwxr-xr-x 2 mts mts 512 Nov 11 11:23 1.1 -r--r----- 1 root mts 45172 Sep 1 1998 cdrmodule_0_7_1.so drwxr-xr-x 2 mts mts 512 Sep 1 1998 chart_1_1 drwxr-xr-x 3 mts mts 512 Sep 1 1998 Fnorb_0_7_1 dr-xr-x--- 3 mts mts 512 Nov 11 11:21 Fnorb_0_8 drwxr-xr-x 3 mts mts 1536 Mar 3 12:45 mts_1_1 dr-xr-x--- 7 mts mts 512 Nov 11 11:22 OpenGL_1_5_1 dr-xr-x--- 2 mts mts 1024 Nov 11 11:23 PIL_0_3 drwxr-xr-x 3 mts mts 512 Sep 1 1998 Pmw_0_7 dr-xr-x--- 2 mts mts 512 Nov 11 11:21 v3d_1_1 qad16:qad $ ls -l lib/python/1.1 total 30 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 29 Apr 10 10:43 _glumodule.so -> ../OpenGL_1_5_1/_glumodule.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 30 Apr 10 10:43 _glutmodule.so -> ../OpenGL_1_5_1/_glutmodule.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 22 Apr 10 10:43 _imaging.so -> ../PIL_0_3/_imaging.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 36 Apr 10 10:43 _opengl_nummodule.so -> ../OpenGL_1_5_1/_opengl_nummodule.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 27 Apr 10 10:43 _tkinter.so -> ../OpenGL_1_5_1/_tkinter.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 mts mts 21 Apr 10 10:43 cdrmodule.so -> ../cdrmodule_0_7_1.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 mts mts 12 Apr 10 10:43 chart -> ../chart_1_1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 12 Apr 10 10:43 Fnorb -> ../Fnorb_0_8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 mts mts 12 Apr 10 10:43 mts -> ../mts_1_1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 15 Apr 10 10:43 OpenGL -> ../OpenGL_1_5_1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 33 Apr 10 10:43 opengltrmodule.so -> ../OpenGL_1_5_1/opengltrmodule.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 33 Apr 10 10:43 openglutil_num.so -> ../OpenGL_1_5_1/openglutil_num.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 10 Apr 10 10:43 PIL -> ../PIL_0_3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 mts mts 10 Apr 10 10:43 Pmw -> ../Pmw_0_7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 10 Apr 10 10:43 v3d -> ../v3d_1_1

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[Distutils-sig] distutils charter and interscript
by John Skaller 29 Apr '18

29 Apr '18

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greetings, first email...
by Rob Healey 17 Apr '12

17 Apr '12

Greetings: This is my introductory email in writing for the first time! Of course, I am very new to DistUtils and creating my first setup.py file. I have a helper in creating this first setup.py file, but he only knows more than I do... We are stuck on this problem, and I was hoping to see if we could get some help??? Here is what is happening: [Frog@PouncingAliens geps0065]$ python setup.py sdist running sdist running check Merging translations into data/gramps.desktop. Merging translations into data/gramps.xml. CREATED data/gramps.xml Merging translations into data/gramps.keys. CREATED ./data/gramps.keys Traceback (most recent call last): File "setup.py", line 487, in <module> main() File "setup.py", line 483, in main 'uninstall': GrampsUninstall} File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup dist.run_commands() File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands self.run_command(cmd) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/command/sdist.py", line 160, in run self.get_file_list() File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/command/sdist.py", line 200, in get_file_list self.add_defaults() File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/command/sdist.py", line 256, in add_defaults build_py = self.get_finalized_command('build_py') File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 312, in get_finalized_command cmd_obj.ensure_finalized() File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 109, in ensure_finalized self.finalize_options() File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/command/build_py.py", line 46, in finalize_options ('force', 'force')) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 302, in set_undefined_options getattr(src_cmd_obj, src_option)) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 105, in __getattr__ raise AttributeError, attr AttributeError: build_lib Could you please explain what this build_lib problem comes from and what I might need to get over it? -- Sincerely yours, Rob G. Healey

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Installation
by vikash agrawal 17 Apr '12

17 Apr '12

hi Everyone, - I am using Python 2.7, so how do I install pysetup. though when I install distutils1.0a3 I do see distutils module in my interactive session but I dont see any pysetup being installed - Also, I had previously come in contact with merwok and I would be applying in GSoC this year under PSF for distutils2 project (as I believe PSF will be under GSoC and distutils will surely be accepted), so I am writing to seek help on what all things should be my target, and how do I move ahead. - Currently, I am trying to work on the ]issue 12944 but due to certain constraints things are not geared up, though I hope they would soon be :) - Please guide me and drop-in all your suggestions Regards Vikash Agrawal -- sent via HTC Sensation

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Fwd: specify manifest template other than MANIFEST.in
by kgk 10 Apr '12

10 Apr '12

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Éric Araujo <merwok(a)netwok.org> wrote: > Hi, > > Le 20/03/2012 15:10, kgk a écrit : >> The docs seems to suggest you can override the default name MANIFEST.in, > Correct. I tried finding which part of the doc hinted about that to see > if I could improve it and could not find it! Do you have the link? http://docs.python.org/distutils/sourcedist.html#manifest-related-options >> however, I cannot seem to find an option or parameter to do so. > Manifests and manifests templates are only used by the sdist command. > If you run “python setup.py sdist -h”, you’ll find the --template/-t option. I am trying to run sdist throught distrubute or setuptools, I didn';t see that options. In fact, 'sdist -h' was the first thing I tried. I will try with stock distutils and see if it is there. > MANIFEST and MANIFEST.in can’t be found from the index pages in the > Python docs; I will fix that. > Thanks, -- Kristian G. Kvilekval (kkvilekval(a)gmail.com) 805-636-1599 -- Kristian G. Kvilekval (kkvilekval(a)gmail.com) 805-636-1599

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[buildout] branches languishing? (site-packages and distutils scripts)
by Chris Withers 03 Apr '12

03 Apr '12

Hi All, I'm wondering what the state of play is with the following branches: reinout-scripts gary-4-include-site-packages What more needs to happen for these to get merged to trunk and a release made? cheers, Chris

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Buildout & develop-eggs troubles
by Alessandro Dentella 01 Apr '12

01 Apr '12

Hi, I'm trying buildout but I'm having a hard time trying to understand the logic of develop-egg. I tested both mr.developer recepy and gp.csvdevelop and I stumbled on the same problem, so I guess I'm misunderstanding something. I want to add a development repository named jumbo-core that contains several 1^ level packages (and a correct setup.py), one of which is 'jumbo', I get to the point that: 1. source is added to ./dev/jumbo-core 2. an egg-link is added to develop-eggs/jumbo-core.egg-link pointing to the correct path where the hg repository is checked out, but that path is not added to the sys.path. My configuration is as follows:: [buildout] develop = . parts = python scripts test ipython extensions = gp.vcsdevelop develop-dir = ./dev vcs-extend-develop = hg+${thunder:jumbonew}/jumbo-core#egg=jumbo-core [python] recipe = zc.recipe.egg interpreter = python eggs = lunar Adding 'jumbo' to eggs directive raises the error: "Couldn't find index page for 'jumbo' (maybe misspelled?)" If I add dev/jumbo-core to develop option I get the message:: Skipping 'hg+/misc/src/hg/thunder/jumbo-new/jumbo-core#egg=jumbo-core'. Package is already in the develop option but dev/jumbo-core is not added to the sys.path. Any hint is appreciated. TIA sandro *:-) -- Sandro Dentella *:-) http://www.reteisi.org Soluzioni libere per le scuole http://sqlkit.argolinux.org SQLkit home page - PyGTK/python/sqlalchemy

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bdist_egg and pyo files
by Andrea Crotti 29 Mar '12

29 Mar '12

I've been asked to ship our eggs as pyo files instead of pyc, but 1. I'm not 100% sure it's a good idea, what issues can this raise? 2. I can't find any option in bdist_egg to actually compile the files in optimized mode, is it not there on purpose?? Thanks, Andrea

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help needed please...
by Rob Healey 28 Mar '12

28 Mar '12

Greetings: I am providing a pastebin link so that you may see my code without having to download anything... http://paste.pocoo.org/show/572324/ I am receiving this error, and I was wondering if you could tell me what might be wrong? [Frog@PouncingAliens geps0042]$ python setup.py build running build running build_py Traceback (most recent call last): File "setup.py", line 117, in <module> setup(**cfg_to_args()) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup dist.run_commands() File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands self.run_command(cmd) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/command/build.py", line 127, in run self.run_command(cmd_name) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 326, in run_command self.distribution.run_command(command) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/command/build_py.py", line 93, in run self.build_packages() File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/command/build_py.py", line 372, in build_packages self.build_module(module, module_file, package) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/command/build_py.py", line 333, in build_module "'package' must be a string (dot-separated), list, or tuple") TypeError: 'package' must be a string (dot-separated), list, or tuple -- Sincerely yours, Rob G. Healey

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