[Python-Dev] setup.py deleting files (Was: SSL support in _socket) (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh@python.net
01 Mar 2002 14:15:40 +0000

Martin von Loewis <loewis@informatik.hu-berlin.de> writes:

Michael Hudson <mwh@python.net> writes:

> It's about this hard, in fact: Should you remove the old failed file before renaming the newly-failed one?

Well, you /could/ do but setup.py is probably only run on sufficiently posixly platforms that it doesn't matter? I'll be safe any way.

> One little point (or I'd have checked it in already): should we make > efforts to not install the failed.so turds? People apparently want the file, so just install it.

OK. That's also the easier option, another advantage :)

Cheers, M.

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