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| -rw-r--r-- | pytest.ini | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | setuptools/command/editable_wheel.py | 18 |
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@@ -60,3 +60,4 @@ filterwarnings= ignore:Setuptools is replacing distutils ignore:Support for project metadata in .pyproject.toml. is still experimental + ignore::setuptools.command.editable_wheel.InformationOnly diff --git a/setuptools/command/editable_wheel.py b/setuptools/command/editable_wheel.py index 48202990..2776577f 100644 --- a/setuptools/command/editable_wheel.py +++ b/setuptools/command/editable_wheel.py @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import re import shutil import sys import logging +import warnings from itertools import chain from pathlib import Path from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory @@ -166,6 +167,15 @@ class editable_wheel(Command): populate = _LinkTree(self.distribution, name, auxiliary_build_dir, tmp) populate(unpacked_dir) + msg = f"""\n + Strict editable installation performed using the auxiliary directory: + {auxiliary_build_dir} + + Please be careful to not remove this directory, otherwise you might not be able + to import/use your package. + """ + warnings.warn(msg, InformationOnly) + def _populate_static_pth(self, name: str, project_dir: Path, unpacked_dir: Path): """Populate wheel using the "lax" ``.pth`` file strategy, for ``src-layout``.""" src_dir = self.package_dir[""] @@ -583,3 +593,11 @@ def _finder_template( """ mapping = dict(sorted(mapping.items(), key=lambda p: p[0])) return _FINDER_TEMPLATE.format(name=name, mapping=mapping, namespaces=namespaces) + + +class InformationOnly(UserWarning): + """Currently there is no clear way of displaying messages to the users + that use the setuptools backend directly via ``pip``. + The only thing that might work is a warning, although it is not the + most appropriate tool for the job... + """ |