[Distutils] buildout config question

[Jim Fulton]

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 3:18 AM, Chris Withers <chris at simplistix.co.uk> wrote:

Thanks for responding.

> Olaf Conradi wrote:
>>
>> [bank2ledger]
>> recipe = zc.recipe.egg:scripts
>> eggs =
>>    bank2ledger
>>    pyxdg
>>
>> [pylint]
>> recipe = zc.recipe.egg
>> eggs =
>>    pylint
>>    ${bank2ledger:eggs}
>> entry-points = pylint=pylint.lint:Run
>> arguments = sys.argv[1:]+[
>>    '--output-format=parseable',
>>    'bank2ledger']
>
> Both of these sections generate a bin/bank2ledger script.

Yup.

> This is an error, and one that buildout should likely complain about.

I don't consider it an error. I often override a script generated by another
part.

I can see benefit in buildout saying something about this situation.

> You need to arrange for one of them to have a different name.
> zc.recipe.egg may have a way to support that, check the docs and let us know
> what you find.

Yup.  http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.recipe.egg#controlling-script-generation

Jim

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Jim Fulton