Dropped any notion of allowing the user to specify the build directories:
these must come from the 'build' command. This means we no longer need
the misconceived 'set_peer_option()' method in Command and, more importantly,
sweeps away a bunch of potential future complexity to handle this tricky
case.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/install.py b/Lib/distutils/command/install.py
index 13baa1a..a1b5d06 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/install.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/install.py
@@ -74,12 +74,6 @@
('install-data=', None,
"installation directory for data files"),
- # Build directories: where to find the files to install
- ('build-base=', None,
- "base build directory"),
- ('build-lib=', None,
- "build directory for all Python modules"),
-
# Where to install documentation (eventually!)
#('doc-format=', None, "format of documentation to generate"),
#('install-man=', None, "directory for Unix man pages"),
@@ -113,13 +107,18 @@
self.install_scripts = None
self.install_data = None
- self.build_base = None
- self.build_lib = None
- self.build_platlib = None
-
self.extra_path = None
self.install_path_file = 0
+ # These are only here as a conduit from the 'build' command to the
+ # 'install_*' commands that do the real work. ('build_base' isn't
+ # actually used anywhere, but it might be useful in future.) They
+ # are not user options, because if the user told the install
+ # command where the build directory is, that wouldn't affect the
+ # build command.
+ self.build_base = None
+ self.build_lib = None
+
#self.install_man = None
#self.install_html = None
#self.install_info = None
@@ -242,11 +241,9 @@
self.install_lib = os.path.join (self.install_lib, self.extra_dirs)
# Figure out the build directories, ie. where to install from
- self.set_peer_option ('build', 'build_base', self.build_base)
self.set_undefined_options ('build',
('build_base', 'build_base'),
- ('build_lib', 'build_lib'),
- ('build_platlib', 'build_platlib'))
+ ('build_lib', 'build_lib'))
# Punt on doc directories for now -- after all, we're punting on
# documentation completely!