[Distutils] Specify missing install-requires dependencies to develop egg?

[Wichert Akkerman]

On 08/26/2011 03:16 PM, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> On 08/26/2011 03:05 PM, Jim Fulton wrote:
>> Theoretically, you'd use setup_requires to specify packages needed by 
>> setup.
>> I'm not sure if that works with buildout. I've heard reports that it
>> does and reports that
>> it doesn't.
>
> I'm pretty sure it doesn't. There is an open bug for it: 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/zc.buildout/+bug/257555 . This bug looks 
> related: https://bugs.launchpad.net/zc.buildout/+bug/110133 .

https://bugs.launchpad.net/zc.buildout/+bug/325658 is interesting as well.

Wichert.