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

[Wichert Akkerman]

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 .

Wichert.