distutils help: DISTUTILS_DEBUG

[Mathieu Malaterre]

What is the purpose of DISTUTILS_DEBUG, if I set it to one, I cannot get 
anything to run ?

For instance:

"""
from distutils.core import setup

import glob

thefiles = []
for afile in glob.glob('datadir/*'):
     if afile.endswith('.not'): continue
     thefiles.append(afile)

print "Packaging up", thefiles

setup(name='justdata', data_files = [ [ 'foodir', thefiles ] ] )
"""

Here's an example of how this works:

[alex at lancelot tryp]$ ls datadir
aa.yes  bb.not  cc.yes
[alex at lancelot tryp]$ python setup.py bdist


Then try it with

export DISTUTILS_DEBUG=1

I get:

Packaging up ['bin/libgdcmijpeg8.so', 'bin/libgdcmijpeg12.so', 
'bin/libgdcmljpeg.so', 'bin/libgdcm.so', 'bin/libvtkgdcm.so', 
'bin/_gdcm.so', 'bin/libvtkgdcmPython.so']
Distribution.parse_config_files():
options (after parsing config files):
no commands known yet
options (after parsing command line):
option dict for 'bdist' command:
   {}
running bdist
Distribution.get_command_obj(): creating 'bdist' command object
Distribution.get_command_obj(): creating 'build' command object
Distribution.get_command_obj(): creating 'bdist_dumb' command object
bdist.run: format=gztar, command=bdist_dumb, rest=[]
running bdist_dumb
running build
Distribution.get_command_obj(): creating 'install' command object
installing to build/bdist.linux-i686/dumb
running install
pre-finalize_{unix,other}:
   prefix: None
   exec_prefix: None
   home: None
   install_base: None
   install_platbase: None
   root: build/bdist.linux-i686/dumb
   install_purelib: None
   install_platlib: None
   install_lib: None
   install_headers: None
   install_scripts: None
   install_data: None
   compile: None
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "setup.py", line 12, in ?
     setup(name='justdata', data_files = [ [ 'foodir', thefiles ] ] )
   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/core.py", line 138, in setup
     dist.run_commands()
   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/dist.py", line 902, in run_commands
     self.run_command(cmd)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/dist.py", line 922, in run_command
     cmd_obj.run()
   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/command/bdist.py", line 135, in run
     self.run_command(cmd_name)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/cmd.py", line 330, in run_command
     self.distribution.run_command(command)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/dist.py", line 922, in run_command
     cmd_obj.run()
   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/command/bdist_dumb.py", line 81, 
in run
     self.run_command('install')
   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/cmd.py", line 330, in run_command
     self.distribution.run_command(command)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/dist.py", line 921, in run_command
     cmd_obj.ensure_finalized()
   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/cmd.py", line 112, in ensure_finalized
     self.finalize_options()
   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/command/install.py", line 252, in 
finalize_options
     self.dump_dirs("pre-finalize_{unix,other}")
   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/command/install.py", line 350, in 
dump_dirs
     val = getattr(self, opt_name)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/cmd.py", line 107, in __getattr__
     raise AttributeError, attr
AttributeError: no_compile


Could someone please fix the documentation saying that one should not 
use it.

Thanks
Mathieu

Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>     I thought this would be easy but I guess I didn't get the distutil 
> feeling. I am trying to write a setup for install my package but I don't 
> understand how to do that.
> 
> organisation:
> 
> setup.py
>         /bin/
>              gdcm.py
>              _gdcm.so
>              libvtkgdcmPython.so
>         /gdcmPython/
>                     gdcm.pth
> 
> 
> How do you specify setup you want to install library ? Do you use 
> 'data_files' ? Same thing for gdcm.pth is this a 'data_files' also ?
> 
> Thanks
> Mathieu
>