package_data does not copy files

[cvanelteren]

I have a simple setup file that compiles cython code. However, I want to package my *.pxd files for other cython packages to use. The package_data option does not copy the pxd files to the installed directory regardless of what options I use.

MANIFEST.in

glob-include *.pxd
global-exclude __pycache__

[...]
setup(
...
package_dir = {"", "plexsim"},
package_data ={"", ["*pxd"]},
include_package_data = True
)

My sources file lists the to be packaged files

[/...egg/SOURCES.TXT]

plexsim/models.cpp
plexsim/models.pxd
plexsim/models.pyx

However the installed directory remains empty

[python3.8/site-packages]

models.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
models.py
__pycache__

The only work-around I have found is to use the data_files option, however this seems a bit odd as even in the docs it's stated as a 'else' option for packing data.

Am I missing something with my setup file? Why is the added option not used?

Setuptools: 50.3.0.post20201006
python: 3.8.6

[abravalheri]

Hi @cvanelteren, have you tried this thing again with version 58.5.3?
Maybe the problem was solved with #2844.

[abravalheri]

For the time being, I will close this issue since I believe it was solved by #2844.
But please feel free to re-open it (by adding a comment with more information regarding a more recent version of setuptools).