[Distutils] docs on using setuptools in a release cycle with RPMS

[Noah Gift]

>>
>>
>> cp script.py build/lib
>
> Why are you doing these steps?  I don't understand.

In order to create an egg, to my knowledge, you create a build/lib  
directory and place your scripts or library inside, then run setup.py  
bdist_egg.  Those were the steps I took, to successfully create a  
python 2.4 and a python 2.5 egg.

>
>> Step 3:
>>
>> In current directory run:
>>
>> python2.4 ./setup.py bdist_rpm --binary-only --release=py24 -- 
>> python=/ usr/local/bin/python2.4
>>
>> Step 4:
>>
>> Grab rpm out of newly created dist directory:
>>
>> This process works just fine if I substitute:
>>
>> python2.4 ./setup.py bdist_egg
>>
>>
>> In my setup.py I have an entry point as follows:
>>
>> entry_points="""
>>      [console_scripts]
>>      liten = liten:main
>>      """,
>>      )
>
> What's the rest of your setup.py?

Here is the rest:


from setuptools import Extension, find_packages, setup


setup(name='liten',
       version='0.1.3',
       description='a de-duplication command line tool',
       long_description="This command line tool will examine a file  
system and \
       report back duplicates using a md5 checksum hash algorithm.",
       author='Noah Gift',
       author_email='noah.gift at gmail.com',
       url='http://code.google.com/p/liten/',
       license='MIT',
       packages=find_packages(),
       zip_safe=False,
       entry_points="""
       [console_scripts]
       liten = liten:main
       """,
       )

>
>
>> My guess is that somehow I am not creating the RPM properly, and I
>> need to have a different directly structure then when creating an  
>> egg?
>
> My guess is that your 'liten' module isn't listed in the py_modules  
> argument to setup().  Is it?


That is correct.  I am able to create eggs with entry points that work  
just fine without specifying my module, but are you saying that in  
order to use the bdist_rpm command that I also need to include:
  py_modules=['liten']
Of course, I am going to try adding this right now.
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