distutils: troubles with install

[Robert Kern]

Vladimir Rusinov wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I've written a small app, succesfully packaged it and trying to install.
> I'm getting following error:
> # python setup.py install -n

> running install_data
> error: can't copy 'f': doesn't exist or not a regular file
> 
> What the 'f'???

>         data_files=[
>             ('/etc/', 'files/etc/logmanager.conf'),
>             ('/etc/logmanager.d/', 'files/etc/logmanager.d/portage.py')
>         ],

These need to be lists.

data_files = [
    ('/etc/', ['files/etc/logmanager.conf']),
    ('/etc/logmanager.d/', ['files/etc/logmanager.d/portage.py']),
],

Since distutils is expecting a sequence, it tries to iterate over the string
yielding individual characters, like 'f'.

-- 
Robert Kern

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 an underlying truth."
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