From: Zooko O'Whielacronx Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:57:01 +0000 (-0700) Subject: zfec: fix README.txt to explain how to use setuptools with GNU stow better X-Git-Tag: allmydata-tahoe-0.5.0~106 X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a1fbfc9e53ff59c8bcd5811d0989a172064c2b8c;p=tahoe-lafs%2Ftahoe-lafs.git zfec: fix README.txt to explain how to use setuptools with GNU stow better Also remove requirement of setuptools >= v0.6c3. I *think* that using setuptools in the modern way relieves this requirement, but I haven't tested it on dapper yet. --- diff --git a/src/zfec/README.txt b/src/zfec/README.txt index a7a6bb46..71da4f3f 100644 --- a/src/zfec/README.txt +++ b/src/zfec/README.txt @@ -31,15 +31,10 @@ and the addition of a command-line tool named "zfec". This package is managed with the "setuptools" package management tool. To build and install the package directly into your system, just run "python ./setup.py install". If you prefer to keep the package limited to a specific -directory so that you can explicitly manage it (perhaps by using the "GNU +directory so that you can manage it yourself (perhaps by using the "GNU stow") tool, then give it these arguments: "python ./setup.py install ---prefix=. --root=$specificdirectory". - -Note: the installation script conflicts with setuptools with version number -earlier than 0.6c3. (Such a version of setuptools is available in Ubuntu -6.06 LTS Dapper.) If you have such a conflicting version of setuptools, you -can either upgrade to a newer version of setuptools, or simply uninstall that -old, conflicting version. +--single-version-externally-managed +--record=${specificdirectory}/zfec-install.log --prefix=${specificdirectory}" * Community