[Distutils] Python module for use in ‘setup.py’ but not to install

[Barry Warsaw]

On Jan 19, 2015, at 07:23 PM, Ben Finney wrote:

>My understanding, based on an answer received elsewhere [0], is that
>omitting the file from ‘setup.py’ but adding it to ‘MANIFEST.in’ causes
>it to be included in the sdist but omitted from install targets.

I haven't read the whole thread (no time right now) but this is a pretty
standard solution for packaging problems I've had with Debian.   If a file
(like MANIFEST.in itself) is not included in the sdist, then building the
binary package will often fail.  I forget the exact symptoms, but it's
probably easily reproducible if you care.

Cheers,
-Barry
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