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diff --git a/docs/easy_install.txt b/docs/easy_install.txt index ffe6a268..a56dee49 100644 --- a/docs/easy_install.txt +++ b/docs/easy_install.txt @@ -454,30 +454,15 @@ You can do this with both index page URLs and direct download URLs. As long as any HTML pages read by easy_install use *relative* links to point to the downloads, the same user ID and password will be used to do the downloading. -Authentication against privat repository ----------------------------------------- - -To get these things running. You need a .pypirc file in your home directory. The file should has the following format. - -Example - -:: - - [distutils] - index-servers = myrepos - - [myrepos] - repository: http://myrepos.com - username:MY_USER - password:MY_PASSORD - -In your buildout.cfg you have to add the eggserver url under find-links. The example is for an mypypi egg server. /eggs provides a flat package list. - -Example - -:: +Using .pypirc Credentials +------------------------- - find-links = http://myrepos.com/eggs +In additional to supplying credentials in the URL, ``easy_install`` will also +honor credentials if present in the .pypirc file. Teams maintaining a private +repository of packages may already have defined access credentials for +uploading packages according to the distutils documentation. ``easy_install`` +will attempt to honor those if present. Refer to the distutils documentation +for Python 2.5 or later for details on the syntax. Controlling Build Options ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |