distutils - Is is possible to install without the .py extensions

[Jari Aalto]

* Fri 2008-03-07 Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> gmane.comp.python.general
* Message-Id: fqsf3a$4lv$1 at ger.gmane.org
> Jari Aalto wrote:
>>     #!/usr/bin/python
>> 
>>     from distutils.core import setup
>>     import glob
>> 
>>     setup(name='program',
...
>>           scripts = ['program,py'],
>>       )
>> that the the result is:
>> 
>>     /usr/bin/program
>> 
>> instead of:
>> 
>>     /usr/bin/program.py
>
> The easiest and best way is to just rename the file in your source tree to 
> "program" and be done with it.

Is there any other way? This is the source package that I would like
to keep intact and just patch the setup.py

Jari

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