python setup.py develop not updating easy_install.pth

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python setup.py develop not updating easy_install.pth

According to setuptools documentation, setup.py develop is supposed to create the egg-link file and update easy_install.pth when installing into site-packages folder. However, in my case it's only creating the egg-link file. How does setuptools decide if it needs to update easy_install.pth?

Some more info: It works when I have setuptools 0.6c7 installed as a folder under site-packages. But when I use setuptools 0.6c9 installed as a zipped egg, it does not work.

I'd try to debug it with pdb. The issue is most likely with the easy install's method check_site_dir, which seeks for easy-install.pth.

Bartosz Radaczyński 2009-01-30 08:38:39

When debugging a zipped egg with pdb, won't you get an error when you try to single-step into the zipped code?

joeforker 2009-01-30 15:02:23

I have no clue. Maybe you would. But you are right, the first thing to try would be to reinstall the setuptools as you've said.

Bartosz Radaczyński 2009-01-30 22:28:25

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Reinstall setuptools with the command easy_install --always-unzip --upgrade setuptools. If that fixes it then the zipping was the problem.

joeforker 2009-01-30 15:06:09

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