python distutils not include the SWIG generated module

Question

I am using distutils to create an rpm from my project. I have this directory tree:

project/
        my_module/
                 data/file.dat
                 my         


        

Answer 1

It's not a complete answer, because I don't have the complete solution. The reason why the module is not copied to the install directory is because it wasn't present when the setup process tried to copy it. The sequence of events is:

running install
running build
running build_py
file my_module.py (for module my_module) not found
file vcanmapper.py (for module vcanmapper) not found
running build_ext

If you run a second time python setup.py install it will do what you wanted in the first place. The official SWIG documentation for Python proposes you run first swig to generate the wrap file, and then run setup.py install to do the actual installation.