Python Eggs & distutils in Rawhide

[Toshio Kuratomi]

Zoltan Kota wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Dec 2007, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> 
>> Just a small heads up for those of you packaging python modules.
>> python-2.5.1-18, just built for rawhide, has reverted a small patch we
>> were carrying that disabled generation of egg-info for modules created
>> by distutils.  That means that python modules built against rawhide will
>> now create an extra file of metadata in the python_sitelib and
>> python_sitearch directories.  You'll need to include those in your
>> %files section if it's not already pulled in via a wildcard.
> 
> How is it decided where the egg-info will be installed: in the 
> python_sitelib or python_sitearch? If my package installs files in 
> python_sitearch, can I expect to have the egg-info there as well? 
> 
You've got it right.  If the module installs to %{python_sitearch}, the 
.egg-info file should also appear in %{python_sitearch}.

-Toshio

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/attachments/20080117/0fcf6af2/attachment.sig>