[Distutils] [issue28] Error message is confusing if you accidentally try to instal a directory

[Ian Bicking]

New submission from Ian Bicking <ianb at colorstudy.com>:

I commonly encounter a problem where a person creates a directory with a name,
then tries to install a package with the same name as the directory. 
easy_install then things they were referring to the directory name.  For instance:

  $ mkdir Pylons
  $ mkdir Pylons/src/MyProject # etc...
  $ easy_install Pylons
  Processing Pylons
  error: couldn't find a setup script in Pylons

I think the error message could just be changed, first to make sure the
directory ends with os.path.sep and then saying "error: couldn't find a setup
script in the directory Pylons/" -- with that error message most people would
figure out the problem quickly.

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messages: 63
nosy: ianb at colorstudy.com
priority: bug
status: unread
title: Error message is confusing if you accidentally try to instal a directory

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