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author | PJ Eby <distutils-sig@python.org> | 2006-09-22 00:09:06 +0000 |
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committer | PJ Eby <distutils-sig@python.org> | 2006-09-22 00:09:06 +0000 |
commit | ae347c1ed3e39fb2c00b8b9fc8aedcf507313c20 (patch) | |
tree | 2d8a9c2f40a70b768050625aa200b49d3325ebd2 /setuptools.txt | |
parent | 4ef57c26cbeee3f3afd21f86877bbdcadf0f69c1 (diff) | |
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Add support for "eggsecutable" headers: a /bin/sh script that is prepended
to an .egg file to allow it to be run as a script on Unix-ish platforms.
(This is mainly so that setuptools itself can have a single-file installer
on Unix, without doing multiple downloads, dealing with firewalls, etc.)
(Backport from trunk)
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branch : setuptools-0.6
extra : convert_revision : svn%3A6015fed2-1504-0410-9fe1-9d1591cc4771/sandbox/branches/setuptools-0.6%4051969
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diff --git a/setuptools.txt b/setuptools.txt index 43e0e610..26874c88 100755 --- a/setuptools.txt +++ b/setuptools.txt @@ -498,6 +498,43 @@ on "entry points" in general, see the section below on `Dynamic Discovery of Services and Plugins`_. +"Eggsecutable" Scripts +---------------------- + +Occasionally, there are situations where it's desirable to make an ``.egg`` +file directly executable. You can do this by including an entry point such +as the following:: + + setup( + # other arguments here... + entry_points = { + 'setuptools.installation': [ + 'eggsecutable = my_package.some_module:main_func', + ] + } + ) + +Any eggs built from the above setup script will include a short excecutable +prelude that imports and calls ``main_func()`` from ``my_package.some_module``. +The prelude can be run on Unix-like platforms (including Mac and Linux) by +invoking the egg with ``/bin/sh``, or by enabling execute permissions on the +``.egg`` file. For the executable prelude to run, the appropriate version of +Python must be available via the ``PATH`` environment variable, under its +"long" name. That is, if the egg is built for Python 2.3, there must be a +``python2.3`` executable present in a directory on ``PATH``. + +This feature is primarily intended to support bootstrapping the installation of +setuptools itself on non-Windows platforms, but may also be useful for other +projects as well. + +IMPORTANT NOTE: Eggs with an "eggsecutable" header cannot be renamed, or +invoked via symlinks. They *must* be invoked using their original filename, in +order to ensure that, once running, ``pkg_resources`` will know what project +and version is in use. The header script will check this and exit with an +error if the ``.egg`` file has been renamed or is invoked via a symlink that +changes its base name. + + Declaring Dependencies ====================== @@ -2567,6 +2604,12 @@ Release Notes/Change History * Fix ``upload`` command not uploading files built by ``bdist_rpm`` or ``bdist_wininst`` under Python 2.3 and 2.4. + * Add support for "eggsecutable" headers: a ``#!/bin/sh`` script that is + prepended to an ``.egg`` file to allow it to be run as a script on Unix-ish + platforms. (This is mainly so that setuptools itself can have a single-file + installer on Unix, without doing multiple downloads, dealing with firewalls, + etc.) + 0.6c3 * Fixed breakages caused by Subversion 1.4's new "working copy" format |