[regression] --record {plist} records a directory

[yurivict]

The --record {plist} command shouldn't record directories, but it did:

/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sklearn/datasets/tests/data/openml

As a result, the FreeBSD port fails now:

===> Checking for items in pkg-plist which are not in STAGEDIR
Error: Missing: %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/sklearn/datasets/tests/data/openml

[amueller]

Can you please give some more context? what's the command?

[amueller]

I guess the context is here:
sfepy/sfepy#455 (comment)

Given that the only google hit is you asking a simliar question on a different package and the people there not knowing the context means that maybe you could report with a bit more context ;)

[amueller]

Can't reproduce on ubuntu.

[yurivict]

The element ending with sklearn/datasets/tests/data/openml appears in the plist, but isn't supposed to.

[yurivict]

FreeBSD seems to be the only system using this standard python feature, so many people don't know about it.

[amueller]

yeah, looks like it. But the record generated on linux also doesn't contain that file.

[thomasjpfan]

I am closing this issue since is ~ 3 years old and there is no resolution. Also distuils is deprecated in Python, and scikit-learn going to move to a new build system: #21499