[Checkins] SVN: zc.buildout/branches/reinout-scripts/ Updated documentation now that distutils-scripts are also supported

Reinout van Rees reinout at vanrees.org
Fri Sep 4 10:54:27 EDT 2009


Log message for revision 103548:
  Updated documentation now that distutils-scripts are also supported

Changed:
  U   zc.buildout/branches/reinout-scripts/README.txt
  U   zc.buildout/branches/reinout-scripts/doc/tutorial.txt
  U   zc.buildout/branches/reinout-scripts/src/zc/buildout/easy_install.txt

-=-
Modified: zc.buildout/branches/reinout-scripts/README.txt
===================================================================
--- zc.buildout/branches/reinout-scripts/README.txt	2009-09-04 14:50:00 UTC (rev 103547)
+++ zc.buildout/branches/reinout-scripts/README.txt	2009-09-04 14:54:27 UTC (rev 103548)
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@
 will run with the egg in its path.  Of course, you can specify as many
 eggs as you want in the eggs option.
 
-If the egg provides any scripts (console_scripts entry points), those
-will be installed in your bin directory too.
+If the egg provides any scripts (console_scripts entry points or old-style
+distutils scripts), those will be installed in your bin directory too.
 
 Work on a package
 =================

Modified: zc.buildout/branches/reinout-scripts/doc/tutorial.txt
===================================================================
--- zc.buildout/branches/reinout-scripts/doc/tutorial.txt	2009-09-04 14:50:00 UTC (rev 103547)
+++ zc.buildout/branches/reinout-scripts/doc/tutorial.txt	2009-09-04 14:54:27 UTC (rev 103548)
@@ -861,9 +861,10 @@
    If any of the named eggs have ``console_script`` entry
    points, then scripts will be generated for the entry points.
 
-   If a distribution doesn't use setuptools, it may not declare it's
-   entry points. In that case, you can specify entry points in the
-   recipe data.
+   If a distribution doesn't use setuptools, it may not declare it's entry
+   points. In that case, you can specify entry points in the recipe data.
+   Buildout *does attempt* to detect distutils-style scripts without an entry
+   point and will generate a script for them when found.
   
 Script initialization
 =====================

Modified: zc.buildout/branches/reinout-scripts/src/zc/buildout/easy_install.txt
===================================================================
--- zc.buildout/branches/reinout-scripts/src/zc/buildout/easy_install.txt	2009-09-04 14:50:00 UTC (rev 103547)
+++ zc.buildout/branches/reinout-scripts/src/zc/buildout/easy_install.txt	2009-09-04 14:54:27 UTC (rev 103548)
@@ -945,7 +945,10 @@
     <BLANKLINE>
     print "distutils!"
 
+Due to the nature of distutils scripts, buildout cannot pass arguments as
+there's no specific method to pass them to.
 
+
 Handling custom build options for extensions provided in source distributions
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 



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