From: Greg Ward <gward@python.net>
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 01:02:06 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Catch DistutilSetupError from the Distribution constructor.
X-Git-Tag: v2.0b1~1590
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=39851516425b668cebafcc6bd8d2a8ed31db7833;p=python

Catch DistutilSetupError from the Distribution constructor.
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diff --git a/Lib/distutils/core.py b/Lib/distutils/core.py
index 2bad10e438..8bcf2a87d6 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/core.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/core.py
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ def setup (**attrs):
 
     # Create the Distribution instance, using the remaining arguments
     # (ie. everything except distclass) to initialize it
-    dist = klass (attrs)
+    try:
+        dist = klass (attrs)
+    except DistutilsSetupError, msg:
+        raise SystemExit, "error in setup script: %s" % msg
 
     # Find and parse the config file(s): they will override options from
     # the setup script, but be overridden by the command line.