[New-bugs-announce] [issue8501] --dry-run option doesn't work

[Jim Fulton]

New submission from Jim Fulton <jim at zope.com>:

The --dry-run option is ignored by the install command.
It leads to an error when used as a global option.

It should be fixed or removed.  I vote for removal, but don't really care. Removal seems easier. :)

To reproduce, create the simple project:

  http://docs.python.org/distutils/introduction.html#a-simple-example

and then try the option.

See also:

  http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2010-April/016000.html

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assignee: tarek
components: Distutils
messages: 103979
nosy: j1m, tarek
severity: normal
status: open
title: --dry-run option doesn't work
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.5, Python 2.6

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