2 files changed, 82 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/core.py b/core.py
index 0490e637..a4c5e180 100644
--- a/core.py
+++ b/core.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def run_setup (script_name, script_args=None, stop_after="run"):
     _setup_stop_after = stop_after
 
     save_argv = sys.argv
-    g = {}
+    g = {'__file__': script_name}
     l = {}
     try:
         try:
diff --git a/tests/test_core.py b/tests/test_core.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e274dd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_core.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+"""Tests for distutils.core."""
+
+import io
+import distutils.core
+import os
+import shutil
+import sys
+import test.test_support
+import unittest
+
+
+# setup script that uses __file__
+setup_using___file__ = """\
+
+__file__
+
+from distutils.core import setup
+setup()
+"""
+
+setup_prints_cwd = """\
+
+import os
+print(os.getcwd())
+
+from distutils.core import setup
+setup()
+"""
+
+
+class CoreTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.old_stdout = sys.stdout
+        self.cleanup_testfn()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        sys.stdout = self.old_stdout
+        self.cleanup_testfn()
+
+    def cleanup_testfn(self):
+        path = test.test_support.TESTFN
+        if os.path.isfile(path):
+            os.remove(path)
+        elif os.path.isdir(path):
+            shutil.rmtree(path)
+
+    def write_setup(self, text, path=test.test_support.TESTFN):
+        open(path, "w").write(text)
+        return path
+
+    def test_run_setup_provides_file(self):
+        # Make sure the script can use __file__; if that's missing, the test
+        # setup.py script will raise NameError.
+        distutils.core.run_setup(
+            self.write_setup(setup_using___file__))
+
+    def test_run_setup_uses_current_dir(self):
+        # This tests that the setup script is run with the current directory
+        # as it's own current directory; this was temporarily broken by a
+        # previous patch when TESTFN did not use the current directory.
+        sys.stdout = io.StringIO()
+        cwd = os.getcwd()
+
+        # Create a directory and write the setup.py file there:
+        os.mkdir(test.test_support.TESTFN)
+        setup_py = os.path.join(test.test_support.TESTFN, "setup.py")
+        distutils.core.run_setup(
+            self.write_setup(setup_prints_cwd, path=setup_py))
+
+        output = sys.stdout.getvalue()
+        if output.endswith("\n"):
+            output = output[:-1]
+        self.assertEqual(cwd, output)
+
+
+def test_suite():
+    return unittest.makeSuite(CoreTestCase)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main(defaultTest="test_suite")