Rename script template to use .tmpl extensions.

4 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 94689f0a..6186edc9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 CHANGES
 =======
 
+-----
+5.0.1
+-----
+
+* Renamed script templates to end with .tmpl now that they no longer need
+  to be processed by 2to3. Fixes spurious syntax errors during build/install.
+
 ---
 5.0
 ---
diff --git a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
index 19ed1259..cc5ddbd6 100755
--- a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
@@ -750,9 +750,9 @@ Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.
         if is_script:
             # See https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/issue/134 for info
             #  on script file naming and downstream issues with SVR4
-            template_name = 'script template.py'
+            template_name = 'script.tmpl'
             if dev_path:
-                template_name = template_name.replace('.py', ' (dev).py')
+                template_name = template_name.replace('.tmpl', ' (dev).tmpl')
             script_text = (get_script_header(script_text) +
                 get_template(template_name) % locals())
         self.write_script(script_name, _to_ascii(script_text), 'b')
diff --git a/setuptools/script template (dev).py b/setuptools/script (dev).tmpl
index c476673f..c476673f 100644
--- a/setuptools/script template (dev).py
+++ b/setuptools/script (dev).tmpl
diff --git a/setuptools/script template.py b/setuptools/script.tmpl
index 4504e264..4504e264 100644
--- a/setuptools/script template.py
+++ b/setuptools/script.tmpl