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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/distutils/sourcedist.rst | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/sourcedist.rst b/Doc/distutils/sourcedist.rst index 96e891b..72cd154 100644 --- a/Doc/distutils/sourcedist.rst +++ b/Doc/distutils/sourcedist.rst @@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ per line, regular files (or symlinks to them) only. If you do supply your own :file:`MANIFEST`, you must specify everything: the default set of files described above does not apply in this case. +.. versionadded:: 3.2 + :file:`MANIFEST` files start with a comment indicated they are generated. + Files without this comment are not overwritten or removed. + The manifest template has one command per line, where each command specifies a set of files to include or exclude from the source distribution. For an example, again we turn to the Distutils' own manifest template:: @@ -187,10 +191,6 @@ The normal course of operations for the :command:`sdist` command is as follows: * if neither :file:`MANIFEST` nor :file:`MANIFEST.in` exist, create a manifest with just the default file set -* if either :file:`MANIFEST.in` or the setup script (:file:`setup.py`) are more - recent than :file:`MANIFEST`, recreate :file:`MANIFEST` by reading - :file:`MANIFEST.in` - * use the list of files now in :file:`MANIFEST` (either just generated or read in) to create the source distribution archive(s) @@ -205,4 +205,7 @@ distribution:: :option:`-o` is a shortcut for :option:`--manifest-only`. - +.. versionchanged:: 3.2 + An existing generated :file:`MANIFEST` will be regenerated without + :command:`sdist` comparing its modification time to the one of + :file:`MANIFEST.in` or :file:`setup.py`. |