Question

I’m testing distributing a Python extension module as an egg created with setuptools.
Here is my setup.py script:

from setuptools import setup, Extension

setup(
    name = "Hello",
    version = "0.1.0",                      
    ext_modules = [Extension('Hello', ['Source/Hello.cpp'])]
)

Then I build the egg with “setup.py bdist_egg” and install it with easy_install.
Everything works. There is one problem though.

The source is compiled when I run “setup.py bdist_egg” and the egg contains the pyd.
However, I want to create an egg that contains the source, and the source to be compiled when the user installs the egg.
How should I change the setup script?

Answer 1

Janne Karila’s comment cleared away my confusion:

bdist = binary distribution
sdist = source distribution
bdist_egg = binary distribution as egg

There is no sdist_egg.