ports/118301: [patch] devel/py-setuptools easy-install.pth contents lost on upgrade clobbering ports using it

[Velko Ivanov]

On 2012-02-24 20:18, Douglas Thrift wrote:
>
> ...
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> What was the issue with portrevision 3?

+1

> Also the name and description
> of the new knob do not make sense. What the knob enables is 
> preserving
> the contents of the easy-install.pth file which specifies what
> packages are installed; easy-install itself is core functionality of
> setuptools that is not affected by the knob.

+1


Also I would add that setuptools is already superseded by distribute
(devel/py-distribute). It does contain the same solution as
py-setuptools_3. If there is a problem with it, may be a PR regarding
that port is in order, though IMHO it works fine.

Regards,
Velko Ivanov