[Distutils] What's the difference between --index-url and --find-links?

[Eric Smith]

I understand that --index-url is single valued, and --find-links is 
multi-valued. But what's the semantic difference between them? From my 
reading, it sounds like they both point to pages that contain links to 
eggs (or other distributions).

What I'm really trying to do is set up my own server, with my own 
collection of eggs. I want to configure easy_install (via a config file 
or command line) to only look at my collection of eggs, and never the 
Cheeseshop or anywhere else. Do I do this with just --index-url? Or with 
--find-links, and if so, how do I disable the index?

Thanks. I searched the archives, but I couldn't find anything (these are 
very common search terms!).

Eric.