[PEAK] default distutils behavior

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 11:07 AM 11/7/2006 -0600, Glen W. Mabey wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Is it possible to instruct setuptools to use more of a distutils-type
>behavior in performing an install?
>
>To explain, I have quite a number of python packages that I have setup
>with my own configuration for file management and un-installation.  This
>week, for the first time, I encountered a package (django) that uses
>setuptools.  My first impression is that it is trying to do a lot of
>things that I don't want it to do:  manage sys.path, download other
>packages, and so forth.
>
>Instead I want be able to install django without it creating or using
>easy-install.pth, site.py, or the ??-py2.4.egg directory.  I just want
>to be able to install it in a non-standard location with all of the
>necessary files going directly into lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/ .
>
>Is there support invoking this distutils-type behavior in the
>installation of a package that "requires" setuptools?


   python setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed

(This behavior is also activated automatically if you use the --root option 
to install, as that is normally used only by package management tools.)