"""Add a 'fixtar' command to setup.py. This lets us have proper permissions in tar files made on Windows. """ from distutils.core import Command import shutil, tarfile class fixtar(Command): """A new setup.py command to fix tar file permissions.""" description = "Re-pack the tar file to have correct permissions." user_options = [] def initialize_options(self): """Required by Command, even though I have nothing to add.""" pass def finalize_options(self): """Required by Command, even though I have nothing to add.""" pass def run(self): """The body of the command.""" for _, _, filename in self.distribution.dist_files: if filename.endswith(".tar.gz"): self.repack_tar(filename, "temp.tar.gz") shutil.move("temp.tar.gz", filename) def repack_tar(self, infilename, outfilename): """Re-pack `infilename` as `outfilename`. Permissions and owners are set the way we like them. Also deletes the source directory, due to unfortunate setup.py mechanics. """ itar = tarfile.open(infilename, "r:gz") otar = tarfile.open(outfilename, "w:gz") the_dir = None for itarinfo in itar: otarinfo = otar.gettarinfo(itarinfo.name) if the_dir is None: n = itarinfo.name.rstrip("/") assert "/" not in n the_dir = n if itarinfo.isfile(): otarinfo.mode = 0644 else: otarinfo.mode = 0755 otarinfo.uid = 100 otarinfo.gid = 100 otarinfo.uname = "ned" otarinfo.gname = "coverage" otar.addfile(otarinfo, itar.extractfile(itarinfo)) itar.close() otar.close() # To make this work, sdist has to be run with the --keep-temp option. # But the clean command doesn't clean up the temp directory. # Delete it here. shutil.rmtree(the_dir)