Well, I have come up with a solution for how to get the man page in the right
place, but I am not very happy with it. Here it is:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import distribute_setup
distribute_setup.use_setuptools()
from setuptools import setup
# Use the distutils version of the install command rather than the one from
# distribute because it puts the man page in an inaccessible place
from distutils.command.install import install
setup(
name='ec',
...,
cmdclass = {'install': install},
data_files=[
('man/man1', ['ec.1'])
]
)
Here, I use cmdclass to replace distribute's version of the install command
with
the older version from distutils.
Rather than replace install, I did try to supplement it with code that simply
moved the man page to the right place, but from within install there is no easy
way to get the name of the directory where the data files are placed. The
resulting code seemed overly complicated and fragile, so I abandoned that
approach.
While I appreciate the reason why the data files are now placed in the
site-packages directory, this change seems to break support for man pages
(unless I am missing something). And since man pages should be supplied for
all
executables, this seems like a serious issue. Perhaps there should be dedicated
support for man pages in much the same way there is dedicated support for
scripts.
-Ken
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