At 09:38 PM 9/23/2005 +0200, Thomas Heller wrote: >- When I run 'easy_install ctypes', the behaviour depends on the current >directory. If I run this when the current dir contains a 'ctypes' >subdirectory, it doesn't search pypi^H^H^H^HCheeseShop for this name, >instead it seems to attempt to install from source in that directory. >Is that intended?
Yes. EasyInstall's arguments may be a URL, an existing local filename, or a "requirement" string, and the precedence is in that order. (i.e., it's checked to see if it's a URL, then if it's a filename, and finally parsing as a requirement string is done.) > Can I override this behaviour? Add a version specifier, e.g. "ctypes==4.0", or use an absolute URL. >- When I install a package which requires another package is there a way >to specify a download url for the required package? The --find-links option can include download links as well as URLs of pages containing download links. If you pass a URL that ends with a recognizable distutils filename, EasyInstall will use it if it matches the version requirement(s). A question: are you embedding EasyInstall in something else, or are these questions about direct use? _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
