[Distutils] setuptools vs distribute on Debian

[Manlio Perillo]

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Il 18/11/2010 18:04, Barry Warsaw ha scritto:
> On Nov 18, 2010, at 05:23 PM, Manlio Perillo wrote:
> 
>> I usually build Python packages by myself (and often I use virtualenv),
> 
> FWIW, virtualenv on Debian has a --setuptools option (and
> $VIRTUALENV_USE_SETUPTOOLS environment variable) to force the virtual
> environment to use setuptools instead of the default distribute.  In fact, the
> standard virtualenv --distribute option is basically a no-op.
> 

Thanks, I was not aware of this.

However, since I install virtualenv using easy_install, this is not a
problem.



Manlio
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