[Patches] [ python-Patches-1183712 ] package_data chops off first char of default package

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Patches item #1183712, was opened at 2005-04-15 14:34
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Category: Distutils and setup.py
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Wummel (calvin)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: package_data chops off first char of default package

Initial Comment:
If the package name is an empty string (ie the default
package), all package_data files have the first
character chopped off.
Attached is a test package pytest.tar.gz where running
python2.4 setup.py build_py
produces this error:
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib
copying __init__.py -> build/lib
error: can't copy 'ATA': doesn't exist or not a regular
file

Also attached is a fix proposal, though I have tested
this only against the test package.


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>Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2006-04-15 10:23

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Why are you using an empty name as the package name? There
is no default package in Python, so this shouldn't work at all.

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Comment By: Hervé Cauwelier (hcauwelier)
Date: 2005-10-05 13:03

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The patch worked well for me, thanks for it!

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