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Re: Installing data files with pybuild

From	Stefano Rivera <stefanor@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.maint.python
Subject	Re: Installing data files with pybuild
Date	2021-12-02 02:30 +0100
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Hi Julian (2021.12.01_21:47:38_+0000)
> I don't understand why the files are not correctly installed by
> setup.py; it has set include_package_data=True, which includes the
> files (and file patterns) listed in MANIFEST.in, but it seems that
> this is only used for the bdist and sdist targets of setup.py, but not
> for the install target.

Correct, the package_data key needs to be set in setup.py / cfg to
install data in bdist_wheels and install:
https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/datafiles.html

I would suggest forwarding a patch upstream that does that.

SR

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Re: Installing data files with pybuild Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2021-12-01 18:30 +0100
  Re: Installing data files with pybuild Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org> - 2021-12-01 19:40 +0100
    Re: Installing data files with pybuild Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> - 2021-12-01 22:50 +0100
      Re: Installing data files with pybuild Stefano Rivera <stefanor@debian.org> - 2021-12-02 02:30 +0100

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