[Python-Dev] PEP 376

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Wed Jul 1 14:37:07 CEST 2009


Tarek Ziadé wrote:
>> - What is a "local absolute path"? Absolute path I understand, relative
>> path I understand, but "local absolute" is a novel term to me.
> 
> local means that the "/" separator that is used in the RECORD file for example,
> no matter what platform you are on, is translated using the local separator
> (/ or \)
> 
> I'll make it clearer,

OK, I understand now. That makes Paul's questions about how to correctly
generate the RECORD file for bdist_xxx installations all the more
relevant though.

Cheers,
Nick.

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