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Greg Ward c32d9a6952 Factored '_set_command_options()' out of 'get_command_obj()'. Added 'reinitialize_command()' -- lets us "push" option values in a controlled, safe way; this is a small change to the code, but a big change to the Distutils philosophy of passing option values around. The preferred mode is still definitely to "pull" options from another command (eg. "install" fetches the base build directory from "build"), but it is now feasible to "push" options onto another command, when you know what's best for it. One possible application will be a "config" command, which pokes around the system and pushes values (eg. include and library directories) onto the "build" command. Added 'dump_option_dicts()' method (for debugging output).		2000-05-28 23:53:06 +00:00
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command	Changed order so 'clean' is right after the 'build' commands.	2000-05-28 23:49:03 +00:00
README	This little note is to clarify things for people who go poking around the	2000-04-09 02:31:45 +00:00
__init__.py	Bumped version to 0.8.2.	2000-04-25 01:55:58 +00:00
archive_util.py	Harry Henry Gebel:	2000-04-25 01:38:20 +00:00
ccompiler.py	Lyle Johnson: added stubs for the four miscellaneous methods that must be	2000-05-20 13:31:32 +00:00
cmd.py	Some far-reaching naming changes:	2000-05-27 17:27:23 +00:00
core.py	Added the DEBUG global (set from the DISTUTILS_DEBUG environment variable).	2000-05-26 00:54:52 +00:00
dep_util.py	Reorganization: ripped util.py to shreds, creating in the process:	2000-04-04 02:05:59 +00:00
dir_util.py	'mkpath()' now detects non-string 'name' arguments -- this is a fairly common	2000-05-27 01:35:27 +00:00
dist.py	Factored '_set_command_options()' out of 'get_command_obj()'.	2000-05-28 23:53:06 +00:00
errors.py	Reformatted all exception documentation as docstrings.	2000-04-15 22:23:47 +00:00
fancy_getopt.py	Don't take advantage of OptionDummy's new "auto-initialization" feature	2000-05-23 03:53:10 +00:00
file_util.py	Tweaked output of 'copy_file()': if copying to a new name, show the whole	2000-05-20 16:05:34 +00:00
msvccompiler.py	Added support for the 'export_symbols' parameter to 'link_shared_object()'	2000-05-20 13:23:21 +00:00
spawn.py	Duh, it helps if '_nt_quote_args()' actually returns the mutated list,	2000-03-26 21:47:00 +00:00
sysconfig.py	Catch failure to open installed Makefile, and report it as a	2000-05-23 23:14:00 +00:00
text_file.py	Added all documentation.	1999-09-29 13:03:32 +00:00
unixccompiler.py	Added support for the 'export_symbols' parameter to 'link_shared_object()'	2000-05-20 13:23:21 +00:00
util.py	Made 'check_environ()' "public" by stripping the leading underscore;	2000-05-12 00:40:00 +00:00
version.py	Initial checkin of distutils source files.	1998-12-18 22:00:30 +00:00

README

This directory contains only a subset of the Distutils, specifically the
Python modules in the 'distutils' and 'distutils.command' packages.
Technically, this is all you need to distribute and install Python modules
using the Distutils.  Most people will want some documentation and other
help, though.  Currently, everything can be found at the Distutils web page:

    http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/

From there you can access the latest documentation, or download a standalone
Distutils release that includes all the code in this directory, plus
documentation, test scripts, examples, etc.

The Distutils documentation isn't yet part of the standard Python
documentation set, but will be soon.

        Greg Ward (gward@python.net)

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