Thanks everyone, for your answers. They've been very helpful.
Keith
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Robert Kern wrote:
> Instead, include the default data inside the package (read-only to non-root
> users). Then allow the script itself to create the directory the first time
> it
> is run (read-write, and it should then automatically be accessible to the
> user
> that ran the script). You mi
Keith Perkins wrote:
>
> On a similar note , I have another question about distutils and data files.
> I have a little program that uses a txt file to store data, and it works
> fine running it in it's own folder, if I install through distutils, using
> sudo to get it to write to the site-packages
Keith Perkins wrote:
> I did install it in ~/.script/data.txt, and distutils set the
> user/group as root. Is it impossible to install this with distutils?
> Since I'm running setup as root, should I just add a class or method to
> chown the datafolder/file to the installer. Should I use autotool
On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:57:12 -0500, Robert Kern wrote:
> Keith Perkins wrote:
>
>> On a similar note , I have another question about distutils and data files.
>> I have a little program that uses a txt file to store data, and it works
>> fine running it in it's own folder, if I install through di
Keith Perkins wrote:
> On a similar note , I have another question about distutils and data files.
> I have a little program that uses a txt file to store data, and it works
> fine running it in it's own folder, if I install through distutils, using
> sudo to get it to write to the site-packages f
On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:53:46 -0400, Eric S. Johansson wrote:
> is there anyway I can, in a setup.py file, set and internal equivalent
> to the '--install-scripts' commandline option?
>
> script installation directory but I don't want on the command line where
> things can go horribly wrong if
Eric S. Johansson wrote:
> So what I have seen so far says that to be able to take data from a
> series of directories scatter it to other directories may be out of
> scope. It's okay. If I have to write a wrapper, it won't be the first
> time.
do'h.
http://docs.python.org/dist/node13.html
Robert Kern wrote:
> Eric S. Johansson wrote:
>
>> Now I get to puzzle out how to install the CGI plus images plus
>> stylesheets plus plus plus mess. Probably a bit outside of the scope of
>> distutils even if the CGI programs are Python. ;-)
>
> I recommend installing the data inside the pa
Eric S. Johansson wrote:
> Now I get to puzzle out how to install the CGI plus images plus
> stylesheets plus plus plus mess. Probably a bit outside of the scope of
> distutils even if the CGI programs are Python. ;-)
I recommend installing the data inside the package itself. In 2.4, use the
Robert Kern wrote:
>
> Okay, if it's just for internal use, then I certainly have no objection. Use
> a
> setup.cfg file:
>
>http://docs.python.org/inst/config-syntax.html
>
> Specifically, use something like the following section:
>
> [install]
> install_scripts=/path/to/scripts/director
Eric S. Johansson wrote:
> Robert Kern wrote:
>> Eric S. Johansson wrote:
>>> is there anyway I can, in a setup.py file, set and internal equivalent
>>> to the '--install-scripts' commandline option?
>> Please don't. Hard-coding that interferes with the user's decision of where
>> things should
Robert Kern wrote:
> Eric S. Johansson wrote:
>> is there anyway I can, in a setup.py file, set and internal equivalent
>> to the '--install-scripts' commandline option?
>
> Please don't. Hard-coding that interferes with the user's decision of where
> things should go. Only the user should be m
Eric S. Johansson wrote:
> is there anyway I can, in a setup.py file, set and internal equivalent
> to the '--install-scripts' commandline option?
Please don't. Hard-coding that interferes with the user's decision of where
things should go. Only the user should be making that decision, not the
is there anyway I can, in a setup.py file, set and internal equivalent
to the '--install-scripts' commandline option?
script installation directory but I don't want on the command line where
things can go horribly wrong if the user forgets. I would like to
create a new default setting for th
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