From d3ba8f0b0453488d8dea19c58de696b9edb7dc08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tarek Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:24:00 +0200 Subject: making ez_setup removing an existing setuptools distribution out of the way --HG-- branch : distribute extra : rebase_source : a97ad8f22e698747b81a097215b8ebffdf7edae6 --- setuptools/__init__.py | 9 +++++++++ setuptools/command/easy_install.py | 3 +-- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'setuptools') diff --git a/setuptools/__init__.py b/setuptools/__init__.py index 54dd8158..f911ef8f 100644 --- a/setuptools/__init__.py +++ b/setuptools/__init__.py @@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ __all__ = [ 'find_packages' ] +# This marker is used to simplify the process that checks is the +# setuptools package was installed by the Setuptools project +# or by the Distribute project, in case Setuptools creates +# a distribution with the same version. +# +# The ez_setup script for instance, will check if this +# attribute is present to decide wether to reinstall the package +_distribute = True + bootstrap_install_from = None def find_packages(where='.', exclude=()): diff --git a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py index 2289b1d5..228a9a69 100755 --- a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py +++ b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py @@ -969,8 +969,7 @@ See the setuptools documentation for the "develop" command for more info. if not self.dry_run: self.pth_file.save() - - if dist.key=='setuptools': + if dist.key=='distribute': # Ensure that setuptools itself never becomes unavailable! # XXX should this check for latest version? filename = os.path.join(self.install_dir,'setuptools.pth') -- cgit v1.2.1