[Distutils] Including non-Python files in site-packages/application directory

[Andy Todd]

Pete Shinners wrote:
> Andy Todd wrote:
> 
>> In the latest version of PythonCard we need to include a configuration 
>> file with the application code. What this means is that we would like 
>> to  include a file called stc-styles.cfg in our package and when 
>> someone does an install it needs to end up in 
>> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/PythonCard (or 
>> C:\Python\Lib\site-packages\PythonCard on Windows).
> 
> 
> i've got a 'datafile installer' for pygame that'll do what you desire.
> 
> 
> 
> #data installer with improved intelligence over distutils.
> #data files are copied into the project directory instead
> #of willy-nilly
> class smart_install_data(install_data):
>     def run(self):
>         #need to change self.install_dir to the actual library dir
>         install_cmd = self.get_finalized_command('install')
>         self.install_dir = getattr(install_cmd, 'install_lib')
>         return install_data.run(self)
> 
> project_name = 'pygame'
> setup(
>     name = project_name
>     packages = [project_name]
>     cmdclass = {'install_data': smart_install_data},
>     data_files = [[project_name, ['stc_styles.cfg', 'blah']]]
>     ...)
> 
> 
> 
> ...or something to this effect. of course, please change "project_name" 
> to something that won't clobber my files :]
> 
> 

Pete,

You are a legend, thank you very much. This has solved our issue and now 
everything gets created under the PythonCard directory.

I will need to do a little more tinkering as the data_files parameter 
was fairly complex (it includes a number of documentation 
sub-directories for instance) and my initial brute force approach was 
just to include the application package directory in this list. The 
important thing is that it works though.

Thanks again, I owe you at least a couple of beers.

Regards,
Andy
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