[Zope3-Users] Buildout bug?

[David Pratt]

Hi Jim. Thank you for your reply. I use a number of separate config 
files for buildouts, some with longer paths - was hoping to shorten them 
up a bit to make them clearer (particularly if they originate from same 
root).

One other thing that I have not yet seen is using the part name within 
the part which would be useful. Something like:

[foobar]
baz = bar
log = /some/path/${foobar:?}-${foobar:baz}.log

Many thanks.

Regards,
David

Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
> On Feb 14, 2008, at 2:58 PM, David Pratt wrote:
> 
>> Hi. I have done some fairly sophisticated buildouts over the past year 
>> but here's something I have not done with an extension before now that 
>> I thought ought to be possible:
>>
>> [buildout]
>> extends = ${some-part:path}/foo/bar.cfg
>>
>> [some-part]
>> path = /some/where/on/my/filesystem
>>
>> This produces an error while initializing since it is unable to find 
>> the file but works correctly if the full path is provided. I use 
>> substitutions like this all over the place. Should they not work in 
>> the buildout part as well? Many thanks.
> 
> 
> Substitutions don't work for extends because extension (assembling files 
> to create a configuration database) happens before substitutions.
> 
> Jim
> 
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> Jim Fulton
> Zope Corporation
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