[Distutils] setuptools using -D on package requirements?

[Ben Bangert]

On Nov 11, 2005, at 12:26 PM, Phillip J. Eby wrote:

> That's weird.  What version of setuptools are you using?  The  
> current version uses a "breadth-first" dependency resolution  
> algorithm that should give Pylons' dependencies precedence over  
> those of other packages.
>
> I tried doing your command above (adding -vv to get more detailed  
> info), but I get this error instead:
>
> No local packages or download links found for Paste>=0.4dev-r3631
> error: Could not find distribution for Requirement.parse 
> ('Paste>=0.4dev-r3631')
>
> Presumably this is because you've changed your requirements but not  
> your links page.  Anyway, it shows that my local setuptools is  
> doing the right thing, because it's not reporting a conflict with  
> Paste 0.3 (which I installed first).  Are you using at least  
> setuptools 0.6a6?  If not, please try installing the development  
> version of setuptools, by running:
>
>     easy_install setuptools==dev
>
> And then try your easy_install again.

Hmm, well, I ran the command again earlier today, and it updated all  
the requisite packages as well with no problem. So I guess this  
probably wasn't a problem after all and just user error. :)

- Ben