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authorPJ Eby <distutils-sig@python.org>2005-11-02 23:57:44 +0000
committerPJ Eby <distutils-sig@python.org>2005-11-02 23:57:44 +0000
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parent25d3d2a756deba20be559ff5f46e8621779ad226 (diff)
downloadpython-setuptools-git-24904e8696fdb4a54ab70815777f2b77befebaa3.tar.gz
Fix documentation typos, and note that Python 2.4 is required on 64-bit
platforms (due to a bugfix in zipimport.c that was never backported to the 2.3 branch). --HG-- branch : setuptools extra : convert_revision : svn%3A6015fed2-1504-0410-9fe1-9d1591cc4771/sandbox/trunk/setuptools%4041378
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@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ EasyInstall, then return here for the remaining steps.
Download `ez_setup.py <http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py>`_, and
run it; this will download and install the appropriate ``setuptools`` egg for
-your Python version.
+your Python version. (You will need at least Python 2.3.5, or if you are on a
+64-bit platform, Python 2.4.)
+
You may receive a message telling you about an obsolete version of
setuptools being present; if so, you must be sure to delete it entirely, along
@@ -599,7 +601,7 @@ Command-Line Options
installed package to work, like manually adding it to ``PYTHONPATH`` or to
``sys.path`` at runtime.
-``--index-url=URL, -u URL`` (New in 0.4a1)
+``--index-url=URL, -i URL`` (New in 0.4a1)
Specifies the base URL of the Python Package Index. The default is
http://www.python.org/pypi if not specified. When a package is requested
that is not locally available or linked from a ``--find-links`` download
@@ -863,6 +865,9 @@ Known Issues
* There's no automatic retry for borked Sourceforge mirrors, which can easily
time out or be missing a file.
+0.6a7
+ * Fixed not being able to install Windows script wrappers using Python 2.3
+
0.6a6
* Added support for "traditional" PYTHONPATH-based non-root installation, and
also the convenient ``virtual-python.py`` script, based on a contribution