Setuptools installed as zip file
I've received a few reports of setuptools getting installed (via ez_setup.py) as a zip file (maybe just on Python 2.5). Is this something new? Should I expect this possibility? (Or I can just use --always-unzip with ez_setup.py to make sure it's always installed the same way.)
At 11:10 AM 2/20/2007 -0600, Ian Bicking wrote:
I've received a few reports of setuptools getting installed (via ez_setup.py) as a zip file (maybe just on Python 2.5). Is this something new?
It's installed as a zipfile under Python 2.5, becuase Python 2.5 supports "-m" being used with zipped modules.
Should I expect this possibility?
Yes, since it's the standard behavior. :) Actually, it should probably do this under Python 2.3 as well, since -m isn't relevant there. 2.4 is probably the only version where it shouldn't be installed zipped.
(Or I can just use --always-unzip with ez_setup.py to make sure it's always installed the same way.)
Probably.
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