odd behavior!

[Ben Wolfson]

This looks like output from an attempt to use the Distutils to create a
source distribution, yes?

C:\Python21>python setup.py sdist
running sdist
warning: sdist: missing required meta-data: url
warning: sdist: manifest template 'MANIFEST.in' does not exist (using
default file list)
error: package directory 'newrecshite\registry' does not exist

However, setup.py actually consists of this:

'''
print 'hi'
'''

It *used* to contain an import of setup from distutils.core, and called it
in a sufficiently ill-formed way to produce the above output, but even
after I changed it, it still produced that output.  In fact, I just ran the
same command line with a blank file and got the same thing.  I've been
having similar problems with other scripts--changing them doesn't actually
change the behavior of the interpreter in any way.  Deleting .pycs hasn't
helped.  Any advice?

-- 
Barnabas T. Rumjuggler
Yet when he came down from the mountain, he had not gained any wisdom.  
In no way had he been able to solve the riddle of this story.  And he had
lost his faith.  But he had discovered that he had an affinity for
Dixieland music. -- Joe Frank, "The Road to Calvary"