"Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ben Finney wrote: > > How would I modify my 'setup.py' script so that its default > > behaviour, when dependencies are not met, is not "download and > > install dependencies via setuptools" but instead "exit with error > > message"? > > easy_install has the --no-deps commandline argument.
As am I. > I'm not sure if that is triggerable from inside setup.py Thanks for this answer. > - but in the end, you wanted user choice, didn't you? No. In the end, I want the default to be as described above. User choice is desirable, but not necessary for this requirement. > Generally speaking, I think the real problem here is the clash > between "cultures" of dependency-handling. But it's certainly beyond > setuptools scope to cope with every imaginable package management > system out there, and provide means to trigger an installation of > say e.g. debian packages that are needed. Indeed, and that's beyond the scope of what I'm asking about. -- \ "As soon as I get through with you, you'll have a clear case | `\ for divorce and so will my wife." -- Groucho Marx | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
