[Distutils] Installation: new code, new docs

Joe Van Andel vanandel@ucar.edu
Thu, 23 Mar 2000 09:33:27 -0700


My extension modules are installed in
/usr/local/python/lib/python1.5/site-packages/Perp/{sub_package}

As of 3/23/00, the CVS version of distutils now complains:

 python setup.py build
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "setup.py", line 72, in ?
    ext_modules = [
  File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/distutils/core.py", line 81, in
setup
    dist = klass (attrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/distutils/core.py", line 245,
in __init__
    raise DistutilsOptionError, \
distutils.errors.DistutilsOptionError: invalid distribution option
'install_path'


'install_path' is documented in USAGE.txt, and worked before.

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Joe VanAndel  	          
National Center for Atmospheric Research
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