Re: [Distutils] ez_setup.py -U setuptools does TWO downloads, TWO installs

At 12:59 PM 2/11/2007 +1100, John Machin wrote:

Is this usual?

Yes. ez_setup.py is a front-end to easy_install, that happens to also download and install the latest version of setuptools. If you want to just install the latest version of setuptools, the '-U setuptools' is redundant, unless you already have setuptools installed and want to update it.