Using distutils to install somethign into wx.lib

[Christopher Barker]

Hi all,

I'm trying to figure out how to write a setup.py to install a new 
version of wx.lib.floatcanvas

I tried this in the past, and couldn't figure it out, and just wrote my 
own small install script. However, since then, I figured out how to 
install a sub-package with distutils, so I thought I'd give it go. the 
trick is this:

site-packages is the default root of all packages. However, if you set:

package_dir = {"wx.lib": ""}

then it matches the "wx.lib" to "" in your structure, so that you can 
put your stuff in wx.lib.

However, wx.lib is not in site-packages/wx/lib. It's in something like:

site-packages/wx-2.6-gtk2-unicode/wx/lib

That's fine, I simply queries what file wx had when you did an "import 
wx", to find the default dir. You could also run wxversion first if you 
wanted to.

However, then we have a problem. Now your package looks like:

wx-2.6-gtk2-unicode.wx.lib.floatcanvas

which would be fine, except when you pass this into distutils, it 
creates a directory structure like this:

creating build/lib/wx-2/6-gtk2-unicode/wx/lib/floatcanvas

It's replaced the "." in "2.6" with a "/", as that's what a dot means in 
a package hierarchy. AARRGG!

anyone have any ideas?

I'm so close!

-Chris








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