[Tutor] distutils questions

Neil Hodge neh@attbi.com
Sat May 3 20:56:02 2003


All:

I have a few questions about distutils:

* It is implied in the docs that the directory setup when creating the
install needs to be just as it will be after the install (i.e.,
something like /usr/share/packagename).  Is this correct?

* Is there some utility in distutils (or command in python in general)
to test whether a certain function is available in a certain module?

* Is distutils even the "best" (or even a reasonable) way to distribute
free-standing applications (as opposed to modules that are specifically
meant to be imported into scripts)?

Thanks.

Neil