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| author | Benoit Pierre <benoit.pierre@gmail.com> | 2018-04-29 19:47:42 +0200 |
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| committer | Benoit Pierre <benoit.pierre@gmail.com> | 2019-11-15 20:06:07 +0100 |
| commit | d6948c636f5e657ac56911b71b7a459d326d8389 (patch) | |
| tree | 2b05b21007465a4878ce5bc38809634485bdd3d7 /docs | |
| parent | 5ef7e75dd7861b76ec2480a03717cc4b624d64ef (diff) | |
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dist: re-implement `fetch_build_egg` to use pip
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diff --git a/docs/setuptools.txt b/docs/setuptools.txt index 399a56d3..9c8821dc 100644 --- a/docs/setuptools.txt +++ b/docs/setuptools.txt @@ -282,10 +282,11 @@ unless you need the associated ``setuptools`` feature. ``setup_requires`` A string or list of strings specifying what other distributions need to be present in order for the *setup script* to run. ``setuptools`` will - attempt to obtain these before processing the rest of the setup script or - commands. This argument is needed if you are using distutils extensions as - part of your build process; for example, extensions that process setup() - arguments and turn them into EGG-INFO metadata files. + attempt to obtain these (using pip if available) before processing the + rest of the setup script or commands. This argument is needed if you + are using distutils extensions as part of your build process; for + example, extensions that process setup() arguments and turn them into + EGG-INFO metadata files. (Note: projects listed in ``setup_requires`` will NOT be automatically installed on the system where the setup script is being run. They are @@ -332,10 +333,10 @@ unless you need the associated ``setuptools`` feature. needed to install it, you can use this option to specify them. It should be a string or list of strings specifying what other distributions need to be present for the package's tests to run. When you run the ``test`` - command, ``setuptools`` will attempt to obtain these. Note that these - required projects will *not* be installed on the system where the tests - are run, but only downloaded to the project's setup directory if they're - not already installed locally. + command, ``setuptools`` will attempt to obtain these (using pip if + available). Note that these required projects will *not* be installed on + the system where the tests are run, but only downloaded to the project's setup + directory if they're not already installed locally. New in 41.5.0: Deprecated the test command. |