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-rw-r--r--Lib/distutils/core.py18
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/core.py b/Lib/distutils/core.py
index 814f4418c1..4b6969284b 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/core.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/core.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ really defined in distutils.dist and distutils.cmd."""
__revision__ = "$Id$"
-import sys
+import sys, os
from types import *
from distutils.errors import *
from distutils.dist import Distribution
@@ -89,13 +89,19 @@ def setup (**attrs):
dist.run_commands ()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
raise SystemExit, "interrupted"
- except (OSError, IOError), exc:
- # arg, try to work with Python pre-1.5.2
+ except (IOError, os.error), exc:
+ # check for Python 1.5.2-style {IO,OS}Error exception objects
if hasattr (exc, 'filename') and hasattr (exc, 'strerror'):
- raise SystemExit, \
- "error: %s: %s" % (exc.filename, exc.strerror)
+ if exc.filename:
+ raise SystemExit, \
+ "error: %s: %s" % (exc.filename, exc.strerror)
+ else:
+ # two-argument functions in posix module don't
+ # include the filename in the exception object!
+ raise SystemExit, \
+ "error: %s" % exc.strerror
else:
- raise SystemExit, str (exc)
+ raise SystemExit, "error: " + exc[-1]
except (DistutilsExecError,
DistutilsFileError,
DistutilsOptionError), msg: