[Zope3-dev] zc.buildout and develop-eggs

[Jim Fulton]

On May 2, 2007, at 7:30 AM, Michael Howitz wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I discovered an unecpected behavior ob zc.buildout:
>
> I have a package which depends in its setup.py on zc.form>=0.1dev- 
> r74753.
> In my buildout.cfg I decaled zc.form as a develop-egg by pointing  
> to its svn-checkout.
>
> The problem is that the zope start script generated by buildout  
> does not contain the path of the development egg but of the  
> released egg.
> If I remove the version requirement and depend from zc.form (with  
> out a version declaration) then the devlopment egg is in the path.
>
> Is this a bug in zc.buildout or expected behavior?

It is expected behavior.  buildout will always prefer a develop egg  
that meets the given requirements.  My guess is that 0.1dev-r74753 is  
later than the version given in setup.py.

Jim

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