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-rw-r--r--setuptools/command/install.py4
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diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 0f531db9..a1d25194 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
CHANGES
=======
+-----
+3.5.1
+-----
+
+* Issue #199: Restored ``install._install`` for compatibility with earlier
+ NumPy versions.
+
---
3.5
---
diff --git a/setuptools/command/install.py b/setuptools/command/install.py
index 3425dbf7..1f489734 100644
--- a/setuptools/command/install.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/install.py
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import platform
import distutils.command.install as orig
from distutils.errors import DistutilsArgError
+# Prior to numpy 1.9, NumPy relies on the '_install' name, so provide it for
+# now. See https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/issue/199/
+_install = orig.install
+
class install(orig.install):
"""Use easy_install to install the package, w/dependencies"""