fixed #4394 make the storage of the password optional in .pypirc

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/upload.py b/Lib/distutils/command/upload.py
index 8805d41da0..e30347e507 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/upload.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/upload.py
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ class upload(PyPIRCCommand):
             self.repository = config['repository']
             self.realm = config['realm']
 
+        # getting the password from the distribution
+        # if previously set by the register command
+        if not self.password and self.distribution.password:
+            self.password = self.distribution.password
+
     def run(self):
         if not self.distribution.dist_files:
             raise DistutilsOptionError("No dist file created in earlier command")