[Distutils] Distutils / Setuptools on Windows: Can we use local or UNC filesystems as an argument to --find-links

[Fadhley Salim]

A project I'm working on requires a Python egg to be deployed to a
remote location which (because of a security configuration outside my
control) denies users access to the web-servers we use to load eggs from
the office I work. 

I've determined that the security at this location allows users access
to Windows networked file-systems. It has been proposed that rather than
creating a web-repository for python eggs we store these on a local
file-server. But from what I can tell the easy_install utility can ONLY
load it's eggs from web-servers. 

Has anybody had any luck using the --find_options argument to
easy_install with a local folder (e.g. on a Windows C: Drive) or a
network folder, for example 

easy_install --find-links="http://server/egs" myegg==1.0.1 
( that sort of thing works fine )

but what about: 
easy_install --find-links="c:\myeggs\" myegg==1.0.1 

or even: 
easy_install --find-links="file:///c:/myeggs" myegg==1.01 

and with a UNC path:
easy_install --find-links="file://///myserver/webapps/eggs/" myegg==1.01

If (as I suspect) easy_install cannot support anything other than a
direct-http set-up is there a way for me to simply modify the code for
easy_install to do this? Furthermore, since we like to be up to date I
dont want to run a permanently forked version of setuptools - can we
submit any changes back to the project so we do not have to be
permanently forked?

Thanks
-------------- next part --------------
This email does not create a legal relationship between any member of the 
Cr?dit Agricole group and the recipient or constitute investment advice. 
The content of this email should not be copied or disclosed (in whole or 
part) to any other person. It may contain information which is 
confidential, privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you 
are not the intended recipient, you should notify us and delete it from 
your system. Emails may be monitored, are not secure and may be amended, 
destroyed or contain viruses and in communicating with us such conditions 
are accepted. Any content which does not relate to business matters is not 
endorsed by us.

Calyon is authorised by the Commission Bancaire in France and regulated by 
the Financial Services Authority for the conduct of business in the 
United Kingdom. Calyon is incorporated in France with limited liability 
and registered in England & Wales. Registration number: FC008194. 
Registered office: Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London, EC2A 2DA.