From 97a686d4e65fb30f0db4be3e498792b531942128 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jason R. Coombs" <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 17:21:27 -0400
Subject: Restore __requires__ directive for compatibility. Fixes #2198.

---
 setuptools/command/easy_install.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

(limited to 'setuptools/command/easy_install.py')

diff --git a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
index 27b4558b..89be91ac 100644
--- a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
@@ -2075,6 +2075,9 @@ class ScriptWriter:
         import re
         import sys
 
+        # for compatibility with easy_install; see #2198
+        __requires__ = %(spec)r
+
         try:
             from importlib.metadata import distribution
         except ImportError:
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