[issue19286] error: can't copy '': doesn't exist or not a regular file

Changes by Jason R. Coombs : -- resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list

[issue19286] error: can't copy '': doesn't exist or not a regular file

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset d80207d15294 by Jason R. Coombs in branch '3.2': Issue #19286: Adding test demonstrating the failure when a directory is found in the package_data globs. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/d80207d15294 New changeset 265d369ad3b9 by Jason R. Coombs in

[issue19286] error: can't copy '': doesn't exist or not a regular file

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 22bac968e226 by Jason R. Coombs in branch '2.7': Issue #19286: Adding test demonstrating the failure when a directory is found in the package_data globs. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/22bac968e226 New changeset 0a1cf947eff6 by Jason R. Coombs in

[issue19286] error: can't copy '': doesn't exist or not a regular file

Jason R. Coombs added the comment: The attached example minimally replicates the issue. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file32210/example.zip ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue19286] error: can't copy '': doesn't exist or not a regular file

New submission from Jason R. Coombs: On Python 2.7 and 3.3, if the package_data glob happens to match a directory, it will trigger this error during build: error: can't copy '/': doesn't exist or not a regular file It seems that package_data is not very smart about filtering out directories,