1 files changed, 28 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/distribute_setup.py b/distribute_setup.py
index 3ed5bfb8..4fe04875 100644
--- a/distribute_setup.py
+++ b/distribute_setup.py
@@ -13,20 +13,38 @@ the appropriate options to ``use_setuptools()``.
 
 This file can also be run as a script to install or upgrade setuptools.
 """
-try:
-    from site import USER_SITE
-except ImportError:
-    USER_SITE = None
-
-import sys
 import os
+import sys
 import time
 import fnmatch
 import tempfile
 import tarfile
-import subprocess
 from distutils import log
 
+try:
+    from site import USER_SITE
+except ImportError:
+    USER_SITE = None
+
+try:
+    import subprocess
+
+    def python_cmd(*args):
+        args = (sys.executable,) + args
+        return subprocess.call(args) == 0
+
+except ImportError:
+    # will be used for python 2.3
+    def python_cmd(*args):
+        args = (sys.executable,) + args
+        # quoting arguments if windows
+        if sys.platform == 'win32':
+            def quote(arg):
+                if ' ' in arg:
+                    return '"%s"' % arg
+                return arg
+            args = [quote(arg) for arg in args]
+        return os.spawnl(os.P_WAIT, sys.executable, *args) == 0
 
 DEFAULT_VERSION = "0.6.2"
 DEFAULT_URL = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/"
@@ -43,11 +61,6 @@ Description: xxx
 """
 
 
-def python_cmd(*args):
-    args = (sys.executable,) + args
-    return subprocess.call(args) == 0
-
-
 def _install(tarball):
     # extracting the tarball
     tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
@@ -386,7 +399,9 @@ def extractall(self, path=".", members=None):
         self.extract(tarinfo, path)
 
     # Reverse sort directories.
-    directories.sort(key=operator.attrgetter('name'))
+    def sorter(dir1, dir2):
+        return cmp(dir1.name, dir2.name)
+    directories.sort(sorter)
     directories.reverse()
 
     # Set correct owner, mtime and filemode on directories.