[Distutils] offline mode for Windows buildout -o or -No doesn't work...any alternatives?

[Michael NT Milne]

Been told to try this post from Plone users on this list....

This is infuriating. Each time we install a new egg we have to run
buildout in online mode as buildout -o or buildout -No just produces
an invalid command error.

buildout –c c:\Plone\'yoursitename'\buildout.cfg

The above works but it re-installs new eggs etc alongside the old eggs
and the site breaks as below. When re-running buildout, Zope uses the
eggs with the higher numbers. Do you need to change anything to make
this work? Also has anyone got Windows buildouts running in offline
mode? It seems the only way to fix this is to delete the new eggs etc
that have been fetched.


2008-03-10T16:45:09 ERROR Application Couldn't install Five
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\OFS\Application.py", line 786, in
install_product
   initmethod(context)
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\Products\Five\__init__.py", line 28,
in initialize
   zcml.load_site()
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\Products\Five\zcml.py", line 53, in load_site
   _context = xmlconfig.file(file)
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\xmlconfig.py",
line 579, in file
   include(context, name, package)
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\xmlconfig.py",
line 515, in include
   processxmlfile(f, context)
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\xmlconfig.py",
line 370, in processxmlfile
   parser.parse(src)
 File "D:\Plone3\Python\Lib\site-packages\_xmlplus\sax\expatreader.py",
line 109, in parse
   xmlreader.IncrementalParser.parse(self, source)
 File "D:\Plone3\Python\Lib\site-packages\_xmlplus\sax\xmlreader.py",
line 123, in parse
   self.feed(buffer)
 File "D:\Plone3\Python\Lib\site-packages\_xmlplus\sax\expatreader.py",
line 216, in feed
   self._parser.Parse(data, isFinal)
 File "D:\Plone3\Python\Lib\site-packages\_xmlplus\sax\expatreader.py",
line 364, in end_element_ns
   self._cont_handler.endElementNS(pair, None)
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\xmlconfig.py",
line 349, in endElementNS
   self.context.end()
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\config.py", line
544, in end
   self.stack.pop().finish()
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\config.py", line
692, in finish
   actions = self.handler(context, **args)
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\Products\Five\fiveconfigure.py",
line 78, in loadProducts
   handleBrokenProduct(product)
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\Products\Five\fiveconfigure.py",
line 76, in loadProducts
   xmlconfig.include(_context, zcml, package=product)
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\xmlconfig.py",
line 515, in include
   processxmlfile(f, context)
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\xmlconfig.py",
line 370, in processxmlfile
   parser.parse(src)
 File "D:\Plone3\Python\Lib\site-packages\_xmlplus\sax\expatreader.py",
line 109, in parse
   xmlreader.IncrementalParser.parse(self, source)
 File "D:\Plone3\Python\Lib\site-packages\_xmlplus\sax\xmlreader.py",
line 123, in parse
   self.feed(buffer)
 File "D:\Plone3\Python\Lib\site-packages\_xmlplus\sax\expatreader.py",
line 216, in feed
   self._parser.Parse(data, isFinal)
 File "D:\Plone3\Python\Lib\site-packages\_xmlplus\sax\expatreader.py",
line 364, in end_element_ns
   self._cont_handler.endElementNS(pair, None)
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\xmlconfig.py",
line 349, in endElementNS
   self.context.end()
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\config.py", line
544, in end
   self.stack.pop().finish()
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\config.py", line
692, in finish
   actions = self.handler(context, **args)
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\xmlconfig.py",
line 515, in include
   processxmlfile(f, context)
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\xmlconfig.py",
line 370, in processxmlfile
   parser.parse(src)
 File "D:\Plone3\Python\Lib\site-packages\_xmlplus\sax\expatreader.py",
line 109, in parse
   xmlreader.IncrementalParser.parse(self, source)
 File "D:\Plone3\Python\Lib\site-packages\_xmlplus\sax\xmlreader.py",
line 123, in parse
   self.feed(buffer)
 File "D:\Plone3\Python\Lib\site-packages\_xmlplus\sax\expatreader.py",
line 216, in feed
   self._parser.Parse(data, isFinal)
 File "D:\Plone3\Python\Lib\site-packages\_xmlplus\sax\expatreader.py",
line 364, in end_element_ns
   self._cont_handler.endElementNS(pair, None)
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\xmlconfig.py",
line 349, in endElementNS
   self.context.end()
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\config.py", line
544, in end
   self.stack.pop().finish()
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\config.py", line
692, in finish
   actions = self.handler(context, **args)
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\xmlconfig.py",
line 515, in include
   processxmlfile(f, context)
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\xmlconfig.py",
line 370, in processxmlfile
   parser.parse(src)
 File "D:\Plone3\Python\Lib\site-packages\_xmlplus\sax\expatreader.py",
line 109, in parse
   xmlreader.IncrementalParser.parse(self, source)
 File "D:\Plone3\Python\Lib\site-packages\_xmlplus\sax\xmlreader.py",
line 123, in parse
   self.feed(buffer)
 File "D:\Plone3\Python\Lib\site-packages\_xmlplus\sax\expatreader.py",
line 216, in feed
   self._parser.Parse(data, isFinal)
 File "D:\Plone3\Python\Lib\site-packages\_xmlplus\sax\expatreader.py",
line 353, in start_element_ns
   AttributesNSImpl(newattrs, qnames))
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\xmlconfig.py",
line 222, in startElementNS
   self.context.begin(name, data, info)
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\config.py", line
541, in begin
   self.stack.append(self.stack[-1].contained(__name, __data, __info))
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\config.py", line
842, in contained
   return RootStackItem.contained(self, name, data, info)
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\config.py", line
710, in contained
   factory = self.context.factory(self.context, name)
 File "D:\Plone3\Zope\lib\python\zope\configuration\config.py", line
487, in factory
   raise ConfigurationError("Unknown directive", ns, n)
ZopeXMLConfigurationError: File
"d:\Plone3\Insite2\parts\instance\etc\site.zcml", line 15.2-15.23
   ZopeXMLConfigurationError: File
"d:\Plone3\Data\Products\CMFPlone\configure.zcml", line 8.2-8.46
   ZopeXMLConfigurationError: File
"d:\plone3\insite2\eggs\plone.app.contentrules-1.1.0a1-
py2.4.egg\plone\app\contentrules\configure.zcml",
line 22.4-22.39
   ZopeXMLConfigurationError: File
"d:\plone3\insite2\eggs\plone.app.contentrules-1.1.0a1-
py2.4.egg\plone\app\contentrules\exportimport\configure.zcml",
line 16.4
   ConfigurationError: ('Unknown directive',
u'http://namespaces.zope.org/genericsetup', u'importStep')