[Distutils] Extending distutils with 3rd party build commands?
Bob Ippolito
bob at redivi.com
Sat Oct 23 15:33:24 CEST 2004
On Oct 23, 2004, at 5:20, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> Fred L. Drake, Jr. wrote:
>> On Friday 22 October 2004 06:23 pm, Bob Ippolito wrote:
>> > I need an editable file in a system-wide directory such as
>> > site-packages that isn't "owned" by the Python installation.
>
> This already exists in the form of:
>
> """
> There are three possible config files: distutils.cfg in the
> Distutils installation directory (ie. where the top-level
> Distutils __inst__.py file lives), a file in the user's home
> directory named .pydistutils.cfg on Unix and pydistutils.cfg
> on Windows/Mac, and setup.cfg in the current directory.
> """
None of those fit the bill. The distutils package is owned by the
Python installation, files in user directories or the current directory
are not system-wide.
-bob
More information about the Distutils-SIG
mailing list