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| -rw-r--r-- | setuptools/command/__init__.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/setuptools/command/__init__.py b/setuptools/command/__init__.py index b966dcea..5acd7687 100644 --- a/setuptools/command/__init__.py +++ b/setuptools/command/__init__.py @@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ from distutils.command.bdist import bdist import sys if 'egg' not in bdist.format_commands: - bdist.format_command['egg'] = ('bdist_egg', "Python .egg file") - bdist.format_commands.append('egg') + try: + bdist.format_commands['egg'] = ('bdist_egg', "Python .egg file") + except TypeError: + # For backward compatibility with older distutils (stdlib) + bdist.format_command['egg'] = ('bdist_egg', "Python .egg file") + bdist.format_commands.append('egg') del bdist, sys |