In sandbox.run_setup, always ensure that __file__ is str. Fixes #712.issue-704

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/setuptools/sandbox.py b/setuptools/sandbox.py
index d882d715..817a3afa 100755
--- a/setuptools/sandbox.py
+++ b/setuptools/sandbox.py
@@ -241,8 +241,15 @@ def run_setup(setup_script, args):
             working_set.__init__()
             working_set.callbacks.append(lambda dist: dist.activate())
 
+            # __file__ should be a byte string on Python 2 (#712)
+            dunder_file = (
+                setup_script
+                if isinstance(setup_script, str) else
+                setup_script.encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())
+            )
+
             def runner():
-                ns = dict(__file__=setup_script, __name__='__main__')
+                ns = dict(__file__=dunder_file, __name__='__main__')
                 _execfile(setup_script, ns)
 
             DirectorySandbox(setup_dir).run(runner)