[Distutils] [issue92] [PATCH] Added download directory option

[Eddy Pronk]

New submission from Eddy Pronk <epronk at muftor.com>:

I added the option --download-directory to keep the downloaded archives so I can
install them on another machine.

diff --git a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
index af4e349..c58cf91 100755
--- a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ class easy_install(Command):
             "no longer needed; don't use this"),
         ("build-directory=", "b",
             "download/extract/build in DIR; keep the results"),
+        ("download-directory=", "z",
+            "download in DIR; keep the results"),
         ('optimize=', 'O',
          "also compile with optimization: -O1 for \"python -O\", "
          "-O2 for \"python -OO\", and -O0 to disable [default: -O0]"),
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ class easy_install(Command):
         self.index_url = None
         self.find_links = None
         self.build_directory = None
+        self.download_directory = None
         self.args = None
         self.optimize = self.record = None
         self.upgrade = self.always_copy = self.multi_version = None
@@ -208,7 +211,7 @@ class easy_install(Command):
             log.set_verbosity(self.verbose)
         try:
             for spec in self.args:
-                self.easy_install(spec, not self.no_deps)
+                self.easy_install(spec, deps=not self.no_deps)
             if self.record:
                 outputs = self.outputs
                 if self.root:               # strip any package prefix
@@ -410,15 +413,20 @@ Please make the appropriate changes for your system and
try again.
 
     def easy_install(self, spec, deps=False):
         tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="easy_install-")
+        if self.download_directory:
+            download_directory = self.download_directory
+        else:
+            download_directory = tmpdir
+        
         download = None
         if not self.editable: self.install_site_py()
 
         try:
             if not isinstance(spec,Requirement):
                 if URL_SCHEME(spec):
-                    # It's a url, download it to tmpdir and process
+                    # It's a url, download it to download_directory and process
                     self.not_editable(spec)
-                    download = self.package_index.download(spec, tmpdir)
+                    download = self.package_index.download(spec,
download_directory)
                     return self.install_item(None, download, tmpdir, deps, True)
 
                 elif os.path.exists(spec):
@@ -430,7 +438,7 @@ Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try
again.
 
             self.check_editable(spec)
             dist = self.package_index.fetch_distribution(
-                spec, tmpdir, self.upgrade, self.editable, not self.always_copy,
+                spec, download_directory, self.upgrade, self.editable, not
self.always_copy,
                 self.local_index
             )
             if dist is None:
-- 
1.5.6.5

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messages: 458
nosy: epronk
priority: feature
status: unread
title: [PATCH] Added download directory option

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