Restore Python 2.4 compatibility in ez_setup

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ez_setup.py b/ez_setup.py
index a9c9cbf0..00cf47aa 100644
--- a/ez_setup.py
+++ b/ez_setup.py
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ def _python_cmd(*args):
     args = (sys.executable,) + args
     return subprocess.call(args) == 0
 
+def _check_call_py24(cmd, *args, **kwargs):
+    res = subprocess.call(cmd, *args, **kwargs)
+    class CalledProcessError(Exception):
+        pass
+    if not res == 0:
+        msg = "Command '%s' return non-zero exit status %d" % (cmd, res)
+        raise CalledProcessError(msg)
+vars(subprocess).setdefault('check_call', _check_call_py24)
+
 def _install(tarball, install_args=()):
     # extracting the tarball
     tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()