Now load legacy scripts wrappers from templates in the package, which get converted to Python 3 syntax when built on Python 3. Fixes #273.0.6.25

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branch : distribute
extra : rebase_source : 900842f8a9e70d347296f7b076c6113ead6f7318

4 files changed, 31 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index cf901dc0..5ee08823 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ CHANGES
 * Issue #272: Prevent TypeError when namespace package names are unicode
   and single-install-externally-managed is used. Also fixes PIP issue
   449.
+* Issue #273: Legacy script launchers now install with Python2/3 support.
 
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 0.6.24
diff --git a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
index 4700fe0e..a51d88f5 100755
--- a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
@@ -731,22 +731,26 @@ Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.
         spec = str(dist.as_requirement())
         is_script = is_python_script(script_text, script_name)
 
-        if is_script and dev_path:
-            script_text = get_script_header(script_text) + (
-                "# EASY-INSTALL-DEV-SCRIPT: %(spec)r,%(script_name)r\n"
-                "__requires__ = %(spec)r\n"
-                "from pkg_resources import require; require(%(spec)r)\n"
-                "del require\n"
-                "__file__ = %(dev_path)r\n"
-                "execfile(__file__)\n"
-            ) % locals()
-        elif is_script:
-            script_text = get_script_header(script_text) + (
-                "# EASY-INSTALL-SCRIPT: %(spec)r,%(script_name)r\n"
-                "__requires__ = %(spec)r\n"
-                "import pkg_resources\n"
-                "pkg_resources.run_script(%(spec)r, %(script_name)r)\n"
-            ) % locals()
+        def get_template(filename):
+            """
+            There are a couple of template scripts in the package. This
+            function loads one of them and prepares it for use.
+
+            These templates use triple-quotes to escape variable
+            substitutions so the scripts get the 2to3 treatment when build
+            on Python 3. The templates cannot use triple-quotes naturally.
+            """
+            raw_bytes = resource_string('setuptools', template_name)
+            template_str = raw_bytes.decode('utf-8')
+            clean_template = template_str.replace('"""', '')
+            return clean_template
+
+        if is_script:
+            template_name = 'script template.py'
+            if dev_path:
+                template_name = template_name.replace('.py', ' (dev).py')
+            script_text = (get_script_header(script_text) +
+                get_template(template_name) % locals())
         self.write_script(script_name, _to_ascii(script_text), 'b')
 
     def write_script(self, script_name, contents, mode="t", blockers=()):
diff --git a/setuptools/script template (dev).py b/setuptools/script template (dev).py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6dd9dd45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setuptools/script template (dev).py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# EASY-INSTALL-DEV-SCRIPT: %(spec)r,%(script_name)r
+__requires__ = """%(spec)r"""
+from pkg_resources import require; require("""%(spec)r""")
+del require
+__file__ = """%(dev_path)r"""
+execfile(__file__)
diff --git a/setuptools/script template.py b/setuptools/script template.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8dd5d510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setuptools/script template.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# EASY-INSTALL-SCRIPT: %(spec)r,%(script_name)r
+__requires__ = """%(spec)r"""
+import pkg_resources
+pkg_resources.run_script("""%(spec)r""", """%(script_name)r""")