At 08:50 AM 12/2/2006 -0500, Jim Fulton wrote: >On Dec 1, 2006, at 10:26 PM, Nathan R. Yergler wrote: > > > I'm using zc.buildout for a project that also utilizes a custom egg- > > info > > writer. > >What is a custom egg-info writer? and why do you want one?
An egg-info writer allows you to generate files in .egg-info when the egg_info command is run. See: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools#adding-new-egg-info-files > > Of course, that doesn't trigger zc.buildout (er, > > setuptools) to install that egg when I run buildout. > >I wonder why. zc.buildout is just running the develop >setup command. Is the setup_requires feature not expected >to work with the develop command? No, it's expected to work with develop. However, 'setup_requires' eggs are installed to the *setup directory*, not the installation target. This is always the case for setup_requires eggs, actually. So, if Nathan's "develop" is running (and invoking his egg_info writer), then everything is as expected. However, if the egg_info writer isn't running during "develop", then something is indeed wrong. _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
