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Everytime I use sdist to creat the MANIFEST file with the command: 

'python setup.py sdist --manifest-only'

The terminal always outputs this error msg.

error: option --manifest-only not recognized

I don't know why and am looking for help.

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I guess you use

from setuptools import setup

in you setup.py ? Setuptools seems not to support this option. I prefer to stick to the standard Python way and use:

from distutils.core import setup
Sebastian Blask
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    Amazing!!! You are right. I'm using setuptools instead of distutils, but setuptools will generate SOURCES.txt instead of traditional MANIFEST file. Many thanks!! – higery Apr 15 '11 at 05:59
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    Related: setuptools vs distutils http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25337706/setuptools-vs-distutils-why-is-distutils-still-a-thing – guettli Mar 13 '15 at 15:22