1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/setuptools/py31compat.py b/setuptools/py31compat.py
index dbb324b0..e6b2910a 100644
--- a/setuptools/py31compat.py
+++ b/setuptools/py31compat.py
@@ -9,3 +9,29 @@ except ImportError:
         if name not in ('platlib', 'purelib'):
             raise ValueError("Name must be purelib or platlib")
         return get_python_lib(name=='platlib')
+
+try:
+    # Python >=3.2
+    from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
+except ImportError:
+    import shutil
+    import tempfile
+    class TemporaryDirectory(object):
+        """"
+        Very simple temporary directory context manager.
+        Will try to delete afterward, but will also ignore OS and similar
+        errors on deletion.
+        """
+        def __init__(self):
+            self.name = None # Handle mkdtemp raising an exception
+            self.name = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+
+        def __enter__(self):
+            return self.name
+
+        def __exit__(self, exctype, excvalue, exctrace):
+            try:
+                shutil.rmtree(self.name, True)
+            except OSError: #removal errors are not the only possible
+                pass
+            self.name = None