[Python-checkins] r62936 - peps/trunk/pep-0370.txt

[christian.heimes]

Author: christian.heimes
Date: Fri May  9 14:28:35 2008
New Revision: 62936

Log:
Added notes about the new build_ext --user and site module features

Modified:
   peps/trunk/pep-0370.txt

Modified: peps/trunk/pep-0370.txt
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--- peps/trunk/pep-0370.txt	(original)
+++ peps/trunk/pep-0370.txt	Fri May  9 14:28:35 2008
@@ -161,6 +161,16 @@
 ``--user`` to install packages in the user site directory. The required
 directories are created on demand.
 
+``distutils.command.build_ext`` (setup.py build_ext) gets a new argument
+``--user`` which adds the include/ and lib/ directories in the user base
+dirctory to the search paths for header files and libraries. It also
+adds the lib/ directory to rpath.
+
+The ``site`` module gets two arguments ``--user-base`` and ``--user-site``
+to print the path to the user base or user site directory to the standard
+output. The feature is intended for scripting, e.g. 
+``./configure --prefix $(python2.5 -m site --user-base)``
+
 ``distutils.sysconfig`` will get methods to access the private variables
 of site. (not yet implemented)