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| -rw-r--r-- | setuptools/build_meta.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/setuptools/build_meta.py b/setuptools/build_meta.py index 10c4b528..eb9e815e 100644 --- a/setuptools/build_meta.py +++ b/setuptools/build_meta.py @@ -232,6 +232,12 @@ class _BuildMetaLegacyBackend(_BuildMetaBackend): if script_dir not in sys.path: sys.path.insert(0, script_dir) + # Some setup.py scripts (e.g. in pygame and numpy) use sys.argv[0] to + # get the directory of the source code. They expect it to refer to the + # setup.py script. + sys_argv_0 = sys.argv[0] + sys.argv[0] = setup_script + try: super(_BuildMetaLegacyBackend, self).run_setup(setup_script=setup_script) @@ -242,6 +248,7 @@ class _BuildMetaLegacyBackend(_BuildMetaBackend): # the original path so that the path manipulation does not persist # within the hook after run_setup is called. sys.path[:] = sys_path + sys.argv[0] = sys_argv_0 # The primary backend _BACKEND = _BuildMetaBackend() |