[Distutils] ez_setup.py -U setuptools does TWO downloads, TWO installs

2007-02-10 Thread John Machin
Is this usual? The ez_setup.py is fresh off the setuptools website. Environment: Python 2.5; Windows XP Pro SP2 Console log follows. Cheers, John == C:\sw\setuptools>\python25\python ez_setup.py -U setuptools Downloading http://ch

Re: [Distutils] ez_setup.py -U setuptools does TWO downloads, TWO installs

2007-02-10 Thread Phillip J. Eby
At 12:59 PM 2/11/2007 +1100, John Machin wrote: >Is this usual? Yes. ez_setup.py is a front-end to easy_install, that happens to also download and install the latest version of setuptools. If you want to just install the latest version of setuptools, the '-U setuptools' is redundant, unless y

Re: [Distutils] ez_setup.py -U setuptools does TWO downloads, TWO installs

2007-02-10 Thread John Machin
On 11/02/2007 3:41 PM, Phillip J. Eby wrote: > At 12:59 PM 2/11/2007 +1100, John Machin wrote: >> Is this usual? > > Yes. ez_setup.py is a front-end to easy_install, that happens to also > download and install the latest version of setuptools. If you want to > just install the latest version o

Re: [Distutils] ez_setup.py -U setuptools does TWO downloads, TWO installs

2007-02-10 Thread Phillip J. Eby
At 04:02 PM 2/11/2007 +1100, John Machin wrote: >On 11/02/2007 3:41 PM, Phillip J. Eby wrote: >>At 12:59 PM 2/11/2007 +1100, John Machin wrote: >>>Is this usual? >>Yes. ez_setup.py is a front-end to easy_install, that happens to also >>download and install the latest version of setuptools. If yo

Re: [Distutils] ez_setup.py -U setuptools does TWO downloads, TWO installs

2007-02-10 Thread John Machin
On 11/02/2007 4:46 PM, Phillip J. Eby wrote: > At 04:02 PM 2/11/2007 +1100, John Machin wrote: >> On 11/02/2007 3:41 PM, Phillip J. Eby wrote: >>> At 12:59 PM 2/11/2007 +1100, John Machin wrote: Is this usual? >>> Yes. ez_setup.py is a front-end to easy_install, that happens to >>> also down