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| author | Anatoly Techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com> | 2011-04-13 06:55:23 (GMT) |
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| committer | Anatoly Techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com> | 2011-04-13 06:55:23 (GMT) |
| commit | b63f499183561f6c206589e1907791480221a3c8 (patch) | |
| tree | a6013ec459086887dc201a03769487eb13a6a87e /src/setup.py | |
| parent | 23c711fa0baec00124167f35b4cd89832934e3c8 (diff) | |
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add NOTE about the way Python installed and why it is not importable, please review
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diff --git a/src/setup.py b/src/setup.py index c6d7b40..41737db 100644 --- a/src/setup.py +++ b/src/setup.py @@ -20,6 +20,18 @@ # OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION # WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. +""" +NOTE: Installed SCons is not importable like usual Python packages and + is executed explicitly with command line scripts. Historically + this was made to allow multiple SCons versions to coexist within + single Python installation, explicit invokation was necessary to + avoid confusion over which version of SCons is active. + + By default SCons is installed into versioned directory, e.g. + site-packages/scons-2.1.0.alpha.20101125 and much of the stuff + below is dedicated to make it happen on various platforms. +""" + __revision__ = "__FILE__ __REVISION__ __DATE__ __DEVELOPER__" import os |