Fix issue where easy_install fails on Python 3 on windows installer. Fixes #212

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branch : distribute
extra : rebase_source : 1920a8d261fa7918d9d3813a104cf2ed11878c7c

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/distribute.egg-info/entry_points.txt b/distribute.egg-info/entry_points.txt
index 1c9f123d..9fd41758 100644
--- a/distribute.egg-info/entry_points.txt
+++ b/distribute.egg-info/entry_points.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ depends.txt = setuptools.command.egg_info:warn_depends_obsolete
 
 [console_scripts]
 easy_install = setuptools.command.easy_install:main
-easy_install-2.6 = setuptools.command.easy_install:main
+easy_install-2.7 = setuptools.command.easy_install:main
 
 [setuptools.file_finders]
 svn_cvs = setuptools.command.sdist:_default_revctrl
diff --git a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
index 58e7ab39..c1bae1c0 100755
--- a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
@@ -1425,7 +1425,16 @@ def extract_wininst_cfg(dist_filename):
         f.seek(prepended-(12+cfglen))
         cfg = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser({'version':'','target_version':''})
         try:
-            cfg.readfp(StringIO.StringIO(f.read(cfglen).split(chr(0),1)[0]))
+            part = f.read(cfglen)
+            # part is in bytes, but we need to read up to the first null
+            #  byte.
+            null_byte = bytes([0]) if sys.version_info >= (2,6) else chr(0)
+            config, = part.split(null_byte, 1)
+            # Now the config is in bytes, but on Python 3, it must be
+            #  unicode for the RawConfigParser, so decode it. Is this the
+            #  right encoding?
+            config = config.decode('ascii')
+            cfg.readfp(StringIO.StringIO(config))
         except ConfigParser.Error:
             return None
         if not cfg.has_section('metadata') or not cfg.has_section('Setup'):