#2 — Doesn't install completely with python 2.3

by Maurits van Rees — last modified Jan 03, 2009 02:54 AM

State	Resolved
Version:	0.1
Area	OS support
Issue type	Bug
Severity	Important
Submitted by	Maurits van Rees
Submitted on	May 22, 2006
Responsible	Reinout van Rees
Target release:	—

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$ python setup.py --help
/usr/lib/python2.3/distutils/dist.py:227: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'package_data'
warnings.warn(msg)
...

That's Python 2.3.5 in Debian Sarge. The result is that the skeleton dir does not get installed. Python 2.4 does not complain.

http://subway.python-hosting.com/ticket/28 has the same problem and a solution. We may want to choose that solution or tell users (i.e. change INSTALL.txt) to use python 2.4.

Steps to reproduce:: Let python point to a python 2.3 version and look for the warning when you do:
$ python setup.py --help

Added by Reinout van Rees on May 22, 2006 09:22 PM

Issue state: unconfirmed → open

Severity: Medium → Important

Responsible manager: (UNASSIGNED) → reinout

Opened the issue.

Added by Reinout van Rees on May 24, 2006 10:34 PM

Issue state: open → resolved

Fixed in svn trunk, tnx for the hint.

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