[Python-Dev] setup.py deleting files (Was: SSL support in _socket)

Martin von Loewis loewis@informatik.hu-berlin.de
01 Mar 2002 14:56:20 +0100


Michael Hudson <mwh@python.net> writes:

> It's about this hard, in fact:

Should you remove the old _failed file before renaming the
newly-failed one?

> One little point (or I'd have checked it in already): should we make
> efforts to not install the _failed.so turds?

People apparently want the file, so just install it.

Regards,
Martin