On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 11:08 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > So, I ask for help with this specific package, in the hope that I can > learn more general lessons about packaging software for both Python's > Cheeseshop and the Debian package system. > > <URL:http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/gracie/> > <URL:http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/g/gracie/gracie-0.2.5.tar.gz> > > When I run './setup.py bdist_egg', I get an egg containing *only* the > modules, not the program 'bin/gracied'. What am I doing wrong that is > omitting the program from the package? How do I ensure that it will be > installed properly from the package? From the looks of your package I don't suppose you're looking for such a simple answer but the normal way to package executable scripts would be to specify "scripts = ['bin/gracied']" in your setup,py > Also, when installing this package, the destination for the modules is > the system 'site-packages' directory. These modules, though, are > specific to this package and its programs; I'd prefer to have them > installed to a different place, but have no idea how to specify that > as part of the package metadata or in the 'setup.py'. I don't know if setuptools or distutils supports packaging private modules. Is there a particular reason you want to keep it private and not installed it alongside other python modules? > (I'm *not* talking about the install-time option of *overriding* the > default location, but rather to set the location default in the > 'setup.py' or other package configuration.) > > > As for packaging this for Debian, what do I need to do in addition to > addressing the above? Bear in mind that I intend to continue > maintaining this as a setuptools package "upstream", for two reasons: > I want the benefits of setuptools as already described elsewhere, and > I want to know how to do this when I'm *not* the upstream developer. > > Thanks for reading, and I hope my learning process can be instructive > to others. > > -- > \ "Once consumers can no longer get free music, they will have to | > `\ buy the music in the formats we choose to put out." -- Steve | > _o__) Heckler, VP of Sony Music, 2001 | > Ben Finney > > -- sam clegg :: sam@superduper.net :: http://superduper.net/ :: PGP : D91EE369 $superduper: .signature,v 1.13 2003/06/17 10:29:24 sam Exp $
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