On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:40 PM, Jim Fulton <j...@zope.com> wrote: [..] >> I confirm this is not working (even under 2.5) -- please fill a bug in >> bugs.python.org, I'll fix it. > > http://bugs.python.org/issue8501 >
Thx >> >>> Or maybe this constitutes "working" for distutils. ;) >> >> well, why do you want to do a dry run anyways ? > > I don't. I was researching an old ZODB issue in which someone > complained that ZODB's setup.py broke --dry-run. :) > >> make up your mind: do >> you want it installed or not ? ;) > > The documentation says that when --dry-run is used: "don't actually do > anything". This is not the actual behavior. I'd be happy to see the > option go away. I don't think anyone us depending on it and you have > better things to do. Sounds reasonable, I never liked it anyways. In any case, distutils is frozen, so I'll see if I can fix it in 2.6 onward, and remove the option for distutils2. Tarek -- Tarek Ziadé | http://ziade.org _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
