- issue2551185 - must set PYTHONPATH=... python2 setup.py install --prefix=/tmp/r2.

Force insert --old-and-unmangable to get it
to use a classic installer and not an easy install. This only
affects python2.

Author: rouilj

CHANGES.txt

@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ Fixed:
   retries once 5 of them have been used. (John Rouillard)
 - issue2551169 - setup.py enters endless loop on gentoo linux python2
   installation. Fixed.
+- issue2551185 - must set PYTHONPATH=... python2 setup.py install
+  --prefix=/tmp/r2. Force insert --old-and-unmangable to get it
+  to use a classic installer and not an easy install. This only
+  affects python2.
 
 Features:
 

setup.py

@@ -143,6 +143,19 @@ def main():
 
     data_files = make_data_files_absolute(data_files, get_prefix())
 
+    # when running under python2, even if called from setup, it tries
+    # and fails to perform an egg easy install even though it shouldn't:
+    # https://issues.roundup-tracker.org/issue2551185
+    # Add this argument if we are an install to prevent this.
+    # This works right under python3.
+    # FIXME there has to be a better way than this
+    # https://issues.roundup-tracker.org/issue2551185
+
+    if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
+        for arg in sys.argv:
+            if arg == 'install':
+                sys.argv.append('--old-and-unmanageable')
+
     # perform the setup action
     from roundup import __version__