cpython/Lib/distutils
Gregory P. Smith ba0506b349 Drastically simplified by taking advantage of the "install" command's
new flexibility, specifically the 'root' option.  Now, we just use
"install" to do a fake installation into a temporary directory
(the 'bdist_dir' option, which derives from the 'bdist_base' option of
"bdist"), and then tar/zip up that directory.  This means that dumb
built distributions are now relative to the root directory, rather than
the prefix or exec-prefix; this is probably a feature, but does make
them slightly less flexible.
2000-05-13 03:06:56 +00:00
..
command Drastically simplified by taking advantage of the "install" command's 2000-05-13 03:06:56 +00:00
__init__.py Bumped version to 0.8.2. 2000-04-25 01:55:58 +00:00
archive_util.py Harry Henry Gebel: 2000-04-25 01:38:20 +00:00
ccompiler.py Added 'runtime_library_dirs' parameter to 'link_*()' methods. 2000-03-26 21:37:09 +00:00
cmd.py In 'install_misc' class: 2000-05-12 01:31:37 +00:00
core.py Call 'parse_config_files()' at the appropriate point. 2000-05-12 00:42:19 +00:00
dep_util.py Reorganization: ripped util.py to shreds, creating in the process: 2000-04-04 02:05:59 +00:00
dir_util.py Reorganization: ripped util.py to shreds, creating in the process: 2000-04-04 02:05:59 +00:00
dist.py Patch from Bastien Kleineidam: 2000-05-12 00:52:23 +00:00
errors.py Reformatted all exception documentation as docstrings. 2000-04-15 22:23:47 +00:00
fancy_getopt.py Patch from Harry Henry Gebel: fix two stupid bugs in help-printing stuff. 2000-04-23 02:50:45 +00:00
file_util.py Sporadic, untested Python 1.5.1 compatibility changes. 2000-04-22 15:17:14 +00:00
msvccompiler.py Added 'link_executable()' method (Berthold Hoellmann). 2000-04-19 02:16:49 +00:00
README This little note is to clarify things for people who go poking around the 2000-04-09 02:31:45 +00:00
spawn.py Duh, it helps if '_nt_quote_args()' actually returns the mutated list, 2000-03-26 21:47:00 +00:00
sysconfig.py Added kludge to deal with the "./ld_so_aix" problem: force all strings 2000-04-19 02:22:07 +00:00
text_file.py Added all documentation. 1999-09-29 13:03:32 +00:00
unixccompiler.py Don't run "ranlib" if sysconfig's RANLIB (from Python's Makefile) starts 2000-04-14 13:53:34 +00:00
util.py Made 'check_environ()' "public" by stripping the leading underscore; 2000-05-12 00:40:00 +00:00
version.py Initial checkin of distutils source files. 1998-12-18 22:00:30 +00:00

This directory contains only a subset of the Distutils, specifically the
Python modules in the 'distutils' and 'distutils.command' packages.
Technically, this is all you need to distribute and install Python modules
using the Distutils.  Most people will want some documentation and other
help, though.  Currently, everything can be found at the Distutils web page:

    http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/

From there you can access the latest documentation, or download a standalone
Distutils release that includes all the code in this directory, plus
documentation, test scripts, examples, etc.

The Distutils documentation isn't yet part of the standard Python
documentation set, but will be soon.

        Greg Ward (gward@python.net)

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