Move is_bootstrapping outside scons command, may be useful elsewhere.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/distutils/command/scons.py b/numpy/distutils/command/scons.py
index 5f4c42ba4..f733dc4b2 100644
--- a/numpy/distutils/command/scons.py
+++ b/numpy/distutils/command/scons.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from numpy.distutils.ccompiler import CCompiler
 from numpy.distutils.fcompiler import FCompiler
 from numpy.distutils.exec_command import find_executable
 from numpy.distutils import log
+from numpy.distutils.misc_util import is_bootstrapping
 
 def get_scons_build_dir():
     """Return the top path where everything produced by scons will be put.
@@ -229,15 +230,6 @@ def select_packages(sconspkg, pkglist):
         raise ValueError(msg)
     return common
 
-def is_bootstrapping():
-    import __builtin__
-    try:
-        __builtin__.__NUMPY_SETUP__
-        return True
-    except AttributeError:
-        return False
-        __NUMPY_SETUP__ = False
-
 # XXX: this is a giantic mess. Refactor this at some point.
 class scons(old_build_ext):
     # XXX: add an option to the scons command for configuration (auto/force/cache).