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| author | Riccardo Magliocchetti <riccardo.magliocchetti@gmail.com> | 2018-10-30 22:54:15 +0100 |
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| committer | Paul Ganssle <pganssle@users.noreply.github.com> | 2018-10-30 17:54:15 -0400 |
| commit | f0cd0ad9f29da6c6991ba0e02fc41b7e46459fb1 (patch) | |
| tree | 86d9014b0b55920abda5b340c4bb4a333c1427ea /docs | |
| parent | a50f09b90c4433aa4ef7b50c682413191da0a1d9 (diff) | |
| download | python-setuptools-git-f0cd0ad9f29da6c6991ba0e02fc41b7e46459fb1.tar.gz | |
Document that rpmbuild is required for bdist_rpm (#1547)
Document that rpmbuild is required for bdist_rpm
Refs #1456
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diff --git a/docs/setuptools.txt b/docs/setuptools.txt index 9eec82f3..2912a43c 100644 --- a/docs/setuptools.txt +++ b/docs/setuptools.txt @@ -1333,6 +1333,10 @@ Creating System Packages ``bdist_deb`` command is an example of a command that currently requires this kind of patching to work with setuptools. + Please note that building system packages may require you to install + some system software, for example ``bdist_rpm`` requires the ``rpmbuild`` + command installed. + If you or your users have a problem building a usable system package for your project, please report the problem via the mailing list so that either the "bdist" tool in question or setuptools can be modified to |