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authorAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2002-05-24 17:06:17 (GMT)
committerAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2002-05-24 17:06:17 (GMT)
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Move really open-ended XXX items into comments
Remove 1.5.2 reference: who cares?
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@@ -183,9 +183,6 @@ command-line arguments to the setup script:
Modules}: just leave off the initial \code{python setup.py} and
you'll be fine)
\end{itemize}
-\XXX{this should change: every Distutils setup script will need
- command-line arguments for every run (and should probably keep stdout
- around), so all this should happen automatically for setup scripts}
\subsection{Splitting the job up}
@@ -604,8 +601,10 @@ python setup.py install --install-purelib=Site --install-platlib=Site
The specified installation directories are relative to \filevar{prefix}.
Of course, you also have to ensure that these directories are in
Python's module search path, e.g. by putting a \file{.pth} file in
-\filevar{prefix} (\XXX{should have a section describing \file{.pth} files and
- cross-ref it here}).
+\filevar{prefix}.
+
+% \XXX should have a section describing \file{.pth} files and
+% cross-ref it here
If you want to define an entire installation scheme, you just have to
supply all of the installation directory options. The recommended way
@@ -687,8 +686,8 @@ environment variables, such as Mac OS (\XXX{true?}), the configuration
variables supplied by the Distutils are the only ones you can use.)
See section~\ref{config-files} for details.
-\XXX{need some Windows and Mac OS examples---when would custom
- installation schemes be needed on those platforms?}
+% XXX need some Windows and Mac OS examples---when would custom
+% installation schemes be needed on those platforms?
\section{Distutils Configuration Files}
@@ -763,8 +762,7 @@ And on Mac OS, they are:
directory on Windows.)
\item[(6)] (See also notes (1) and (4).) The default installation
prefix is just \file{Python:}, so under Python 1.6 and later this is
- normally\file{Python:Lib:distutils:distutils.cfg}. (The Distutils
- don't work very well with Python 1.5.2 under Mac OS. \XXX{true?})
+ normally\file{Python:Lib:distutils:distutils.cfg}.
\end{description}