On 24 October 2000, Moore, Paul said:
Agreed. I guess that is what I should do. Two questions spring to mind: 1. Is it possible for me to specify a default --install-lib value which will be used in all installs unless overridden (effectively a site preferences file for distutils)? If not, is it feasible to add such a thing?
Create distutils.cfg in the Distutils package dir -- typically C:\Python\Lib\distutils on Windows. Contents: [install] install-lib=C:\Python\SiteLib for whatever value of "C:\Python\SiteLib" you prefer. For the record, this *is* documented now. Should be in Fred's latest doc snapshot, which I think is on SourceForge. Then make sure that this is always added to Python's search path. There's more than one way to do it (oops! did I say that on a *Python* list? ;-), but the easiest and most straightforward is a .pth file. Eg. create "site.pth" in C:\Python, containing exactly one line: "SiteLib". (This should work because "SiteLib" is relative to "C:\Python".) Completely untested, off-the-cuff, no idea if it'll work on Windows, use at your own risk, etc. etc. Greg -- Greg Ward - programmer-at-big gward@python.net http://starship.python.net/~gward/ I have the power to HALT PRODUCTION on all TEENAGE SEX COMEDIES!!