Merge pull request #1909 from benoit-pierre/resurrect_easy_install_script

Revert "drop easy_install script and associated documentation"

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 59efc237..d97895fc 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,6 +31,22 @@ def read_commands():
     return command_ns['__all__']
 
 
+def _gen_console_scripts():
+    yield "easy_install = setuptools.command.easy_install:main"
+
+    # Gentoo distributions manage the python-version-specific scripts
+    # themselves, so those platforms define an environment variable to
+    # suppress the creation of the version-specific scripts.
+    var_names = (
+        'SETUPTOOLS_DISABLE_VERSIONED_EASY_INSTALL_SCRIPT',
+        'DISTRIBUTE_DISABLE_VERSIONED_EASY_INSTALL_SCRIPT',
+    )
+    if any(os.environ.get(var) not in (None, "", "0") for var in var_names):
+        return
+    tmpl = "easy_install-{shortver} = setuptools.command.easy_install:main"
+    yield tmpl.format(shortver='{}.{}'.format(*sys.version_info))
+
+
 package_data = dict(
     setuptools=['script (dev).tmpl', 'script.tmpl', 'site-patch.py'],
 )
@@ -109,6 +125,9 @@ setup_params = dict(
             "depends.txt = setuptools.command.egg_info:warn_depends_obsolete",
             "dependency_links.txt = setuptools.command.egg_info:overwrite_arg",
         ],
+        "console_scripts": list(_gen_console_scripts()),
+        "setuptools.installation":
+            ['eggsecutable = setuptools.command.easy_install:bootstrap'],
     },
     dependency_links=[
         pypi_link(