[Distutils] Including symlinked data files in an egg

[Wichert Akkerman]

On 12/15/10 16:15 , P.J. Eby wrote:
> Most likely, the problem is with the file finder being used. Are you
> using a git plugin for setuptools, or simply listing everything in
> MANIFEST.in? If the former, it may be that the git plugin you're using
> simply doesn't support symlinks. If you're not using a git plugin,
> perhaps there is something amiss in the MANIFEST.in, and setuptools'
> built-in support for subversion is hiding the problem by picking up the
> symlinks.

I am not using a git (or other) plugin. I tried listing things in 
MANIFEST.in, for example using:

   graft my/package/templates/
   graft my/package/templates/libraries

unfortunately that had no effect: libraries was not included, not as 
symlink nor as a copy of the symlink target.

Wichert.