[Distutils] zc.buildout and PYTHON_EGG_CACHE

[Michael Dunstan]

How about something in the buildout section? So that could look like:

    [buildout]
    python-egg-cache = /some/where/here/or/there


On Jan 12, 2008 12:54 PM, Jim Fulton <jim at zope.com> wrote:
> I wasn't aware that this API existed. I'll look into this.  Do you
> have any suggestion for how you might want to configure this in
> buildout?
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Jan 11, 2008, at 6:50 PM, Michael Dunstan wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> > --
> > Michael Dunstan
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> Jim Fulton
> Zope Corporation
>
>
>

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Michael Dunstan