[Distutils] zc.buildout and PYTHON_EGG_CACHE

[Michael Dunstan]

Is there a sane way to configure a common PYTHON_EGG_CACHE using zc.buildout?

By default PYTHON_EGG_CACHE is a path relative to the current users
home directory which can be a permissions hassle if the built-out
processes run as a restricted user. There are some details on how to
configure PYTHON_EGG_CACHE outside of buildout:

  http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2006-November/006909.html

And an example egg that ends up being extracted to PYTHON_EGG_CACHE is
simplejson.

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Michael Dunstan