* setup.py: some distros have older gits which don't have the git-log --stat

  flag.  We check for an error and if so revert to just calling git-log

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 065fb4b..59a2e27 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -54,17 +54,27 @@ dbus_glib_includes.extend([ x.replace("-I", "") for x in output.split() ])
 
 #create ChangeLog only if this is a git repo
 if os.path.exists(".git"):
+    pipe = ""
     pipe = os.popen3("git-log --stat")
-    output = pipe[1].read().strip()
+   
     error = pipe[2].read().strip()
 
+    if error:
+        for p in pipe:
+            p.close()
+
+        pipe = os.popen3("git-log")
+        error = pipe[2].read().strip()
+
+        if error:
+            print "ERROR: running git-log (%s)" % (error)
+            raise SystemExit
+
+    output = pipe[1].read().strip()
+
     for p in pipe:
         p.close()
 
-    if error:
-        print "ERROR: running git-log (%s)" % (error)
-        raise SystemExit
-
     file = open("ChangeLog", "w")
     file.writelines(output)
     file.close()