Correct 404 errors when URLs contain fragments. Fixes #69.

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/setuptools/py26compat.py b/setuptools/py26compat.py
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+"""
+Compatibility Support for Python 2.6 and earlier
+"""
+
+import sys
+
+from setuptools.compat import splittag
+
+def strip_fragment(url):
+	"""
+	In `Python 8280 <http://bugs.python.org/issue8280>`_, Python 2.7 and
+	later was patched to disregard the fragment when making URL requests.
+	Do the same for Python 2.6 and earlier.
+	"""
+	url, fragment = splittag(url)
+	return url
+
+if sys.version_info < (2,7):
+	strip_fragment = lambda x: x