[Biopython] Problem building from PyPi: Affy package directory is missing
Peter
biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk
Fri Jun 25 19:41:17 UTC 2010
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Brad Chapman <chapmanb at 50mail.com> wrote:
> Walter;
>
>> I generally install biopython either using easy_install or pip (if
>> I need to enforce a particular version). Today was rebuilding the
>> dependencies for a project I'm working on and when I went to build
>> biopython I got the following error:
>>
>> error: package directory 'Bio/Affy' does not exist
>
> Thanks for the heads up. There were a couple of compounding issues
> that led to the easy_install problem. Normally, pypi pulls the
> source files directly from the Biopython server. However, it looks
> like a spammer added an index.html in biopython.org/DIST, which
> forced pypi to use the uploaded .tar.gz as a last resort. ...
>
> - Things are fixed now on all ends. The pypi upload is new correct,
> you can access the biopython files again, and the MANIFEST.in was
> updated so we shouldn't see this again in the future.
Huh - so MANIFEST.in should include MANIFEST.in? Thanks
for sorting that out Brad.
> - You are apparently the first lucky person to see the problem
> since the biopython.org/DIST problem appears to be brand new.
I'd spotted the index.html thing yesterday and it was fixed this
morning - you were unlucky with the timing. The OBF team are
looking into this.
Peter
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