Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.022 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; 'terry': 0.07; 'presume': 0.09; 'read.': 0.10; 'egg': 0.16; 'received:mindspring.com': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'semanchuk': 0.16; 'x-mailer:apple mail (2.1084)': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; '>>>': 0.18; 'that?': 0.18; 'file,': 0.21; "doesn't": 0.22; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'work,': 0.23; 'unsure': 0.23; 'asked': 0.23; 'pm,': 0.24; 'aug': 0.24; 'changes,': 0.24; 'says': 0.25; 'preferred': 0.25; '27,': 0.29; 'subject: .': 0.29; 'example': 0.30; 'match': 0.30; 'folder.': 0.30; 'thanks': 0.30; 'list': 0.32; 'received:24': 0.32; 'to:addr :python-list': 0.33; 'operating': 0.33; 'clarify': 0.34; 'directory.': 0.34; 'doc': 0.34; 'folder': 0.35; 'charset:us- ascii': 0.36; 'file': 0.36; 'created': 0.36; 'using': 0.37; 'but': 0.37; 'something': 0.37; 'could': 0.38; 'think': 0.38; 'should': 0.38; 'subject:: ': 0.39; 'header:Mime-Version:1': 0.39; 'why': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'might': 0.40; 'header:Message- Id:1': 0.61; 'order': 0.62; 'match,': 0.73; '(still': 0.84; 'received:69.73': 0.84; 'setup.py,': 0.84 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Subject: Re: Understanding .pth in site-packages From: Philip Semanchuk In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:28:27 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable References: <31bef8dc-d804-454d-85c7-8de1663052a8@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com> <2763f908-2feb-4d2f-b422-433de26b2868@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com> To: python-list list X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - deimos.nocdirect.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - python.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - semanchuk.com X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 45 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1314476912 news.xs4all.nl 2499 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:47737 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:12297 On Aug 27, 2011, at 4:14 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 8/27/2011 2:07 PM, Philip Semanchuk wrote: >>=20 >> On Aug 27, 2011, at 1:57 PM, Josh English wrote: >>=20 >>> Philip, >>>=20 >>> Yes, the proper path should be c:\dev\XmlDB, which has the >>> setup.py, xmldb subfolder, the docs subfolder, and example >>> subfolder, and the other text files proscribed by the package >>> development folder. >>>=20 >>> I could only get it to work, though, by renaming the xmldb folder >>> in the site-packages directory, and deleting the egg file created >>> in the site-packages directory. >>>=20 >>> Why the egg file, which doesn't list any paths, would interfere I >>> do not know. >>>=20 >>> But with those changes, the xmldb.pth file is being read. >>>=20 >>> So I think the preferred search order is: >>>=20 >>> 1. a folder in the site-packages directory 2. an Egg file (still >>> unsure why) 3. A .pth file >>=20 >>=20 >> That might be implementation-dependent or it might even come down to >> something as simple as the in which order the operating system >> returns files/directories when asked for a listing. >=20 > Doc says first match, and I presume that includes first match within a = directory. First match using which ordering? Do the docs clarify that? Thanks Philip