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Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] using python in installation scripts
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On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Slight caveat, you can do whatever you want as long as it isn't in
> global scope. =A0Putting a python script in FILESDIR or bundling it with
> the package is standard procedure, I know a bunch of tcl stuff used to
> use tcl to install itself and distutils.eclass for example runs
> setup.py to install things, so its nothing new.
>

Or if the script is small, you can do `python - <<<"print help"` etc.

--=20
~Nirbheek Chauhan