At 12:57 PM 5/30/2007 +0200, henk-jan ebbers wrote: >I have 2 questions about using setuptools for a windows installer: > >1. I want to make a executable-windows-installer with setuptools >(bdist_wininst) . > in setup.py I place a dependency: install_requires = >["TurboGears >= 1.0.1",], > installation is not zip-safe: zip_safe=False, > The target-machine (where I do the install) has easy_install already >installed. > Am I right that when I install this executable-windows-installer the >dependency is not automatically installed?
That's correct. > Or is there a way to do this with setuptools that I have overlooked? > >2. in distritools it is possible to use a postinstallation script >(*--install-script *option). > (which I want to use shortcuts in menu's). > This is not possible in setuptools? It's possible with bdist_wininst, but if a user installs the .exe using easy_install, the postinstall script will be ignored. _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
