Use textwrap.dedent for multiline string. Use new style string formatter.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/ez_setup.py b/ez_setup.py
index a6f48158..c38e96e5 100644
--- a/ez_setup.py
+++ b/ez_setup.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import tarfile
 import optparse
 import subprocess
 import platform
+import textwrap
 
 from distutils import log
 
@@ -134,14 +135,16 @@ def use_setuptools(version=DEFAULT_VERSION, download_base=DEFAULT_URL,
         pkg_resources.require("setuptools>=" + version)
         return
     except pkg_resources.VersionConflict:
-        e = sys.exc_info()[1]
         if was_imported:
-            sys.stderr.write(
-            "The required version of setuptools (>=%s) is not available,\n"
-            "and can't be installed while this script is running. Please\n"
-            "install a more recent version first, using\n"
-            "'easy_install -U setuptools'."
-            "\n\n(Currently using %r)\n" % (version, e.args[0]))
+            msg = textwrap.dedent("""
+                The required version of setuptools (>={version}) is not available,
+                and can't be installed while this script is running. Please
+                install a more recent version first, using
+                'easy_install -U setuptools'.
+
+                (Currently using {VC_err.args[0]!r})
+                """).format(VC_err = sys.exc_info()[1], version=version)
+            sys.stderr.write(msg)
             sys.exit(2)
         else:
             del pkg_resources, sys.modules['pkg_resources']    # reload ok