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List:       python-distutils-sig
Subject:    [Distutils] Testing with stubbed entry points?
From:       pje () telecommunity ! com (Phillip J !  Eby)
Date:       2006-03-02 4:54:32
Message-ID: 5.1.1.6.0.20060301235236.02edee08 () mail ! telecommunity ! com
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At 09:52 AM 2/23/2006 +0200, Iwan Vosloo wrote:
>"Phillip J. Eby" <pje at telecommunity.com> writes:
> > You then have to add that Distribution to a WorkingSet instance, and
> > you need to make your code use that WorkingSet instead of the
> > default working_set.
>
>Why can't I add the Distribution to the default working_set?

Well, you could, but then your test may end up inadvertently depending on 
some local sys.path quirk.  For a "pure" unit test, I'd want to use a 
WorkingSet with known contents, that's all.


>And... do I need to .activate() the distribution?

Not if you're not actually importing anything from the dummy egg, no.


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