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| -rw-r--r-- | setuptools/__init__.py | 9 |
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diff --git a/setuptools/__init__.py b/setuptools/__init__.py index 54dd8158..f911ef8f 100644 --- a/setuptools/__init__.py +++ b/setuptools/__init__.py @@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ __all__ = [ 'find_packages' ] +# This marker is used to simplify the process that checks is the +# setuptools package was installed by the Setuptools project +# or by the Distribute project, in case Setuptools creates +# a distribution with the same version. +# +# The ez_setup script for instance, will check if this +# attribute is present to decide wether to reinstall the package +_distribute = True + bootstrap_install_from = None def find_packages(where='.', exclude=()): |