How to override distutils install?

[Skip Montanaro]

I would like to override the distutils install class. It doesn't look like
it was designed for that. Do I have to import distutils.command and
overwrite its install attribute? I didn't see anything about this sort of
thing in the distutils docs.

Thx,

Skip

 

[A.M. Kuchling]

I would like to override the distutils install class. It doesn't look like
it was designed for that. Do I have to import distutils.command and

Supply a cmd_class argument to setup(), like this:

setup(name = ...,
cmdclass = {'build_py': qx_build_py},
)

qx_build_py is a Command subclass that will be used in place of the default
build_py target.

--amk

 

[Skip Montanaro]

amk> Supply a cmd_class argument to setup(), like this:

amk> setup(name = ...,
amk> cmdclass = {'build_py': qx_build_py},
amk> )

Much appreciated. I'll see if there's something missing in the docs or if
I just missed what is already there.

S