[issue12830] --install-data doesn't effect resources destination

Changes by Éric Araujo : -- resolution: -> out of date stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue12830] --install-data doesn't effect resources destination

Éric Araujo added the comment: This is one of the things that were left under-specified when the resources subsystem was introduced by adding working code instead of a PEP. I think that --install-data is obsolete now, and that there should be another way to override specific sysconfig variab

[issue12830] --install-data doesn't effect resources destination

New submission from trevor : attempting to point the relative destination with "--install-data" does not seem to have an effect. the specified directory is created, but resources are still installed relative to the present working directory. setup.cfg: [files] resources = externalfiles/to