Reorganization: moved the Distribution class from core.py to dist.py, and

the Command class from core.py to cmd.py.  No other code needs changing
though; distutils.core still provides the Command and Distribution classes,
although indirectly now.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 933 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/distutils/core.py b/Lib/distutils/core.py
index 025e1c0..3df54a5 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/core.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/core.py
@@ -1,28 +1,19 @@
 """distutils.core
 
 The only module that needs to be imported to use the Distutils; provides
-the 'setup' function (which must be called); the 'Distribution' class
-(which may be subclassed if additional functionality is desired), and
-the 'Command' class (which is used both internally by Distutils, and
-may be subclassed by clients for still more flexibility)."""
+the 'setup' function (which is to be called from the setup script).  Also
+indirectly provides the Distribution and Command classes, although they are
+really defined in distutils.dist and distutils.cmd."""
 
 # created 1999/03/01, Greg Ward
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import sys, os
-import string, re
+import sys
 from types import *
-from copy import copy
 from distutils.errors import *
-from distutils.fancy_getopt import fancy_getopt, print_help
-from distutils import util
-
-# Regex to define acceptable Distutils command names.  This is not *quite*
-# the same as a Python NAME -- I don't allow leading underscores.  The fact
-# that they're very similar is no coincidence; the default naming scheme is
-# to look for a Python module named after the command.
-command_re = re.compile (r'^[a-zA-Z]([a-zA-Z0-9_]*)$')
+from distutils.dist import Distribution
+from distutils.cmd import Command
 
 # This is a barebones help message generated displayed when the user
 # runs the setup script with no arguments at all.  More useful help
@@ -109,921 +100,3 @@ def setup (**attrs):
             raise SystemExit, "error: " + str (msg)
 
 # setup ()
-
-
-class Distribution:
-    """The core of the Distutils.  Most of the work hiding behind
-       'setup' is really done within a Distribution instance, which
-       farms the work out to the Distutils commands specified on the
-       command line.
-
-       Clients will almost never instantiate Distribution directly,
-       unless the 'setup' function is totally inadequate to their needs.
-       However, it is conceivable that a client might wish to subclass
-       Distribution for some specialized purpose, and then pass the
-       subclass to 'setup' as the 'distclass' keyword argument.  If so,
-       it is necessary to respect the expectations that 'setup' has of
-       Distribution: it must have a constructor and methods
-       'parse_command_line()' and 'run_commands()' with signatures like
-       those described below."""
-
-
-    # 'global_options' describes the command-line options that may be
-    # supplied to the client (setup.py) prior to any actual commands.
-    # Eg. "./setup.py -nv" or "./setup.py --verbose" both take advantage of
-    # these global options.  This list should be kept to a bare minimum,
-    # since every global option is also valid as a command option -- and we
-    # don't want to pollute the commands with too many options that they
-    # have minimal control over.
-    global_options = [('verbose', 'v',
-                       "run verbosely (default)"),
-                      ('quiet', 'q',
-                       "run quietly (turns verbosity off)"),
-                      ('dry-run', 'n',
-                       "don't actually do anything"),
-                      ('force', 'f',
-                       "skip dependency checking between files"),
-                      ('help', 'h',
-                       "show this help message"),
-                     ]
-    negative_opt = {'quiet': 'verbose'}
-
-
-    # -- Creation/initialization methods -------------------------------
-    
-    def __init__ (self, attrs=None):
-        """Construct a new Distribution instance: initialize all the
-           attributes of a Distribution, and then uses 'attrs' (a
-           dictionary mapping attribute names to values) to assign
-           some of those attributes their "real" values.  (Any attributes
-           not mentioned in 'attrs' will be assigned to some null
-           value: 0, None, an empty list or dictionary, etc.)  Most
-           importantly, initialize the 'command_obj' attribute
-           to the empty dictionary; this will be filled in with real
-           command objects by 'parse_command_line()'."""
-
-        # Default values for our command-line options
-        self.verbose = 1
-        self.dry_run = 0
-        self.force = 0
-        self.help = 0
-        self.help_commands = 0
-
-        # And the "distribution meta-data" options -- these can only
-        # come from setup.py (the caller), not the command line
-        # (or a hypothetical config file).
-        self.name = None
-        self.version = None
-        self.author = None
-        self.author_email = None
-        self.maintainer = None
-        self.maintainer_email = None
-        self.url = None
-        self.licence = None
-        self.description = None
-
-        # 'cmdclass' maps command names to class objects, so we
-        # can 1) quickly figure out which class to instantiate when
-        # we need to create a new command object, and 2) have a way
-        # for the client to override command classes
-        self.cmdclass = {}
-
-        # These options are really the business of various commands, rather
-        # than of the Distribution itself.  We provide aliases for them in
-        # Distribution as a convenience to the developer.
-        # dictionary.        
-        self.packages = None
-        self.package_dir = None
-        self.py_modules = None
-        self.libraries = None
-        self.ext_modules = None
-        self.ext_package = None
-        self.include_dirs = None
-        self.extra_path = None
-
-        # And now initialize bookkeeping stuff that can't be supplied by
-        # the caller at all.  'command_obj' maps command names to
-        # Command instances -- that's how we enforce that every command
-        # class is a singleton.
-        self.command_obj = {}
-
-        # 'have_run' maps command names to boolean values; it keeps track
-        # of whether we have actually run a particular command, to make it
-        # cheap to "run" a command whenever we think we might need to -- if
-        # it's already been done, no need for expensive filesystem
-        # operations, we just check the 'have_run' dictionary and carry on.
-        # It's only safe to query 'have_run' for a command class that has
-        # been instantiated -- a false value will be inserted when the
-        # command object is created, and replaced with a true value when
-        # the command is succesfully run.  Thus it's probably best to use
-        # '.get()' rather than a straight lookup.
-        self.have_run = {}
-
-        # Now we'll use the attrs dictionary (ultimately, keyword args from
-        # the client) to possibly override any or all of these distribution
-        # options.        
-        if attrs:
-
-            # Pull out the set of command options and work on them
-            # specifically.  Note that this order guarantees that aliased
-            # command options will override any supplied redundantly
-            # through the general options dictionary.
-            options = attrs.get ('options')
-            if options:
-                del attrs['options']
-                for (command, cmd_options) in options.items():
-                    cmd_obj = self.find_command_obj (command)
-                    for (key, val) in cmd_options.items():
-                        cmd_obj.set_option (key, val)
-                # loop over commands
-            # if any command options                        
-
-            # Now work on the rest of the attributes.  Any attribute that's
-            # not already defined is invalid!
-            for (key,val) in attrs.items():
-                if hasattr (self, key):
-                    setattr (self, key, val)
-                else:
-                    raise DistutilsOptionError, \
-                          "invalid distribution option '%s'" % key
-
-    # __init__ ()
-
-
-    def parse_command_line (self, args):
-        """Parse the setup script's command line: set any Distribution
-           attributes tied to command-line options, create all command
-           objects, and set their options from the command-line.  'args'
-           must be a list of command-line arguments, most likely
-           'sys.argv[1:]' (see the 'setup()' function).  This list is first
-           processed for "global options" -- options that set attributes of
-           the Distribution instance.  Then, it is alternately scanned for
-           Distutils command and options for that command.  Each new
-           command terminates the options for the previous command.  The
-           allowed options for a command are determined by the 'options'
-           attribute of the command object -- thus, we instantiate (and
-           cache) every command object here, in order to access its
-           'options' attribute.  Any error in that 'options' attribute
-           raises DistutilsGetoptError; any error on the command-line
-           raises DistutilsArgError.  If no Distutils commands were found
-           on the command line, raises DistutilsArgError.  Return true if
-           command-line successfully parsed and we should carry on with
-           executing commands; false if no errors but we shouldn't execute
-           commands (currently, this only happens if user asks for
-           help)."""
-
-        # We have to parse the command line a bit at a time -- global
-        # options, then the first command, then its options, and so on --
-        # because each command will be handled by a different class, and
-        # the options that are valid for a particular class aren't
-        # known until we instantiate the command class, which doesn't
-        # happen until we know what the command is.
-
-        self.commands = []
-        options = self.global_options + \
-                  [('help-commands', None,
-                    "list all available commands")]
-        args = fancy_getopt (options, self.negative_opt,
-                             self, sys.argv[1:])
-
-        # User just wants a list of commands -- we'll print it out and stop
-        # processing now (ie. if they ran "setup --help-commands foo bar",
-        # we ignore "foo bar").
-        if self.help_commands:
-            self.print_commands ()
-            print
-            print usage
-            return
-            
-        while args:
-            # Pull the current command from the head of the command line
-            command = args[0]
-            if not command_re.match (command):
-                raise SystemExit, "invalid command name '%s'" % command
-            self.commands.append (command)
-
-            # Make sure we have a command object to put the options into
-            # (this either pulls it out of a cache of command objects,
-            # or finds and instantiates the command class).
-            try:
-                cmd_obj = self.find_command_obj (command)
-            except DistutilsModuleError, msg:
-                raise DistutilsArgError, msg
-
-            # Require that the command class be derived from Command --
-            # that way, we can be sure that we at least have the 'run'
-            # and 'get_option' methods.
-            if not isinstance (cmd_obj, Command):
-                raise DistutilsClassError, \
-                      "command class %s must subclass Command" % \
-                      cmd_obj.__class__
-
-            # Also make sure that the command object provides a list of its
-            # known options
-            if not (hasattr (cmd_obj, 'user_options') and
-                    type (cmd_obj.user_options) is ListType):
-                raise DistutilsClassError, \
-                      ("command class %s must provide " +
-                       "'user_options' attribute (a list of tuples)") % \
-                      cmd_obj.__class__
-
-            # Poof! like magic, all commands support the global
-            # options too, just by adding in 'global_options'.
-            negative_opt = self.negative_opt
-            if hasattr (cmd_obj, 'negative_opt'):
-                negative_opt = copy (negative_opt)
-                negative_opt.update (cmd_obj.negative_opt)
-
-            options = self.global_options + cmd_obj.user_options
-            args = fancy_getopt (options, negative_opt,
-                                 cmd_obj, args[1:])
-            if cmd_obj.help:
-                print_help (self.global_options,
-                            header="Global options:")
-                print
-                print_help (cmd_obj.user_options,
-                            header="Options for '%s' command:" % command)
-                print
-                print usage
-                return
-                
-            self.command_obj[command] = cmd_obj
-            self.have_run[command] = 0
-
-        # while args
-
-        # If the user wants help -- ie. they gave the "--help" option --
-        # give it to 'em.  We do this *after* processing the commands in
-        # case they want help on any particular command, eg.
-        # "setup.py --help foo".  (This isn't the documented way to
-        # get help on a command, but I support it because that's how
-        # CVS does it -- might as well be consistent.)
-        if self.help:
-            print_help (self.global_options, header="Global options:")
-            print
-
-            for command in self.commands:
-                klass = self.find_command_class (command)
-                print_help (klass.user_options,
-                            header="Options for '%s' command:" % command)
-                print
-
-            print usage
-            return
-
-        # Oops, no commands found -- an end-user error
-        if not self.commands:
-            raise DistutilsArgError, "no commands supplied"
-
-        # All is well: return true
-        return 1
-
-    # parse_command_line()
-
-
-    def print_command_list (self, commands, header, max_length):
-        """Print a subset of the list of all commands -- used by
-           'print_commands()'."""
-
-        print header + ":"
-
-        for cmd in commands:
-            klass = self.cmdclass.get (cmd)
-            if not klass:
-                klass = self.find_command_class (cmd)
-            try:
-                description = klass.description
-            except AttributeError:
-                description = "(no description available)"
-
-            print "  %-*s  %s" % (max_length, cmd, description)
-
-    # print_command_list ()
-
-
-    def print_commands (self):
-        """Print out a help message listing all available commands with
-           a description of each.  The list is divided into "standard
-           commands" (listed in distutils.command.__all__) and "extra
-           commands" (mentioned in self.cmdclass, but not a standard
-           command).  The descriptions come from the command class
-           attribute 'description'."""
-
-        import distutils.command
-        std_commands = distutils.command.__all__
-        is_std = {}
-        for cmd in std_commands:
-            is_std[cmd] = 1
-
-        extra_commands = []
-        for cmd in self.cmdclass.keys():
-            if not is_std.get(cmd):
-                extra_commands.append (cmd)
-
-        max_length = 0
-        for cmd in (std_commands + extra_commands):
-            if len (cmd) > max_length:
-                max_length = len (cmd)
-
-        self.print_command_list (std_commands,
-                                 "Standard commands",
-                                 max_length)
-        if extra_commands:
-            print
-            self.print_command_list (extra_commands,
-                                     "Extra commands",
-                                     max_length)
-
-    # print_commands ()
-        
-
-
-    # -- Command class/object methods ----------------------------------
-
-    # This is a method just so it can be overridden if desired; it doesn't
-    # actually use or change any attributes of the Distribution instance.
-    def find_command_class (self, command):
-        """Given a command, derives the names of the module and class
-           expected to implement the command: eg. 'foo_bar' becomes
-           'distutils.command.foo_bar' (the module) and 'FooBar' (the
-           class within that module).  Loads the module, extracts the
-           class from it, and returns the class object.
-
-           Raises DistutilsModuleError with a semi-user-targeted error
-           message if the expected module could not be loaded, or the
-           expected class was not found in it."""
-
-        module_name = 'distutils.command.' + command
-        klass_name = command
-
-        try:
-            __import__ (module_name)
-            module = sys.modules[module_name]
-        except ImportError:
-            raise DistutilsModuleError, \
-                  "invalid command '%s' (no module named '%s')" % \
-                  (command, module_name)
-
-        try:
-            klass = vars(module)[klass_name]
-        except KeyError:
-            raise DistutilsModuleError, \
-                  "invalid command '%s' (no class '%s' in module '%s')" \
-                  % (command, klass_name, module_name)
-
-        return klass
-
-    # find_command_class ()
-
-
-    def create_command_obj (self, command):
-        """Figure out the class that should implement a command,
-           instantiate it, cache and return the new "command object".
-           The "command class" is determined either by looking it up in
-           the 'cmdclass' attribute (this is the mechanism whereby
-           clients may override default Distutils commands or add their
-           own), or by calling the 'find_command_class()' method (if the
-           command name is not in 'cmdclass'."""
-
-        # Determine the command class -- either it's in the command_class
-        # dictionary, or we have to divine the module and class name
-        klass = self.cmdclass.get(command)
-        if not klass:
-            klass = self.find_command_class (command)
-            self.cmdclass[command] = klass
-
-        # Found the class OK -- instantiate it 
-        cmd_obj = klass (self)
-        return cmd_obj
-    
-
-    def find_command_obj (self, command, create=1):
-        """Look up and return a command object in the cache maintained by
-           'create_command_obj()'.  If none found, the action taken
-           depends on 'create': if true (the default), create a new
-           command object by calling 'create_command_obj()' and return
-           it; otherwise, return None.  If 'command' is an invalid
-           command name, then DistutilsModuleError will be raised."""
-
-        cmd_obj = self.command_obj.get (command)
-        if not cmd_obj and create:
-            cmd_obj = self.create_command_obj (command)
-            self.command_obj[command] = cmd_obj
-
-        return cmd_obj
-
-        
-    # -- Methods that operate on the Distribution ----------------------
-
-    def announce (self, msg, level=1):
-        """Print 'msg' if 'level' is greater than or equal to the verbosity
-           level recorded in the 'verbose' attribute (which, currently,
-           can be only 0 or 1)."""
-
-        if self.verbose >= level:
-            print msg
-
-
-    def run_commands (self):
-        """Run each command that was seen on the client command line.
-           Uses the list of commands found and cache of command objects
-           created by 'create_command_obj()'."""
-
-        for cmd in self.commands:
-            self.run_command (cmd)
-
-
-    def get_option (self, option):
-        """Return the value of a distribution option.  Raise
-           DistutilsOptionError if 'option' is not known."""
-
-        try:
-            return getattr (self, opt)
-        except AttributeError:
-            raise DistutilsOptionError, \
-                  "unknown distribution option %s" % option
-
-
-    def get_options (self, *options):
-        """Return (as a tuple) the values of several distribution
-           options.  Raise DistutilsOptionError if any element of
-           'options' is not known."""
-        
-        values = []
-        try:
-            for opt in options:
-                values.append (getattr (self, opt))
-        except AttributeError, name:
-            raise DistutilsOptionError, \
-                  "unknown distribution option %s" % name
-
-        return tuple (values)
-
-
-    # -- Methods that operate on its Commands --------------------------
-
-    def run_command (self, command):
-
-        """Do whatever it takes to run a command (including nothing at all,
-           if the command has already been run).  Specifically: if we have
-           already created and run the command named by 'command', return
-           silently without doing anything.  If the command named by
-           'command' doesn't even have a command object yet, create one.
-           Then invoke 'run()' on that command object (or an existing
-           one)."""
-
-        # Already been here, done that? then return silently.
-        if self.have_run.get (command):
-            return
-
-        self.announce ("running " + command)
-        cmd_obj = self.find_command_obj (command)
-        cmd_obj.ensure_ready ()
-        cmd_obj.run ()
-        self.have_run[command] = 1
-
-
-    def get_command_option (self, command, option):
-        """Create a command object for 'command' if necessary, ensure that
-           its option values are all set to their final values, and return
-           the value of its 'option' option.  Raise DistutilsOptionError if
-           'option' is not known for that 'command'."""
-
-        cmd_obj = self.find_command_obj (command)
-        cmd_obj.ensure_ready ()
-        return cmd_obj.get_option (option)
-        try:
-            return getattr (cmd_obj, option)
-        except AttributeError:
-            raise DistutilsOptionError, \
-                  "command %s: no such option %s" % (command, option)
-
-
-    def get_command_options (self, command, *options):
-        """Create a command object for 'command' if necessary, ensure that
-           its option values are all set to their final values, and return
-           a tuple containing the values of all the options listed in
-           'options' for that command.  Raise DistutilsOptionError if any
-           invalid option is supplied in 'options'."""
-
-        cmd_obj = self.find_command_obj (command)
-        cmd_obj.ensure_ready ()
-        values = []
-        try:
-            for opt in options:
-                values.append (getattr (cmd_obj, option))
-        except AttributeError, name:
-            raise DistutilsOptionError, \
-                  "command %s: no such option %s" % (command, name)
-
-        return tuple (values)
-
-
-    # -- Distribution query methods ------------------------------------
-
-    def has_pure_modules (self):
-        return len (self.packages or self.py_modules or []) > 0
-
-    def has_ext_modules (self):
-        return self.ext_modules and len (self.ext_modules) > 0
-
-    def has_c_libraries (self):
-        return self.libraries and len (self.libraries) > 0
-
-    def has_modules (self):
-        return self.has_pure_modules() or self.has_ext_modules()
-
-    def is_pure (self):
-        return (self.has_pure_modules() and
-                not self.has_ext_modules() and
-                not self.has_c_libraries())
-
-    def get_name (self):
-        return self.name or "UNKNOWN"
-
-    def get_full_name (self):
-        return "%s-%s" % ((self.name or "UNKNOWN"), (self.version or "???"))
-    
-
-# class Distribution
-
-
-class Command:
-    """Abstract base class for defining command classes, the "worker bees"
-       of the Distutils.  A useful analogy for command classes is to
-       think of them as subroutines with local variables called
-       "options".  The options are "declared" in 'initialize_options()'
-       and "defined" (given their final values, aka "finalized") in
-       'finalize_options()', both of which must be defined by every
-       command class.  The distinction between the two is necessary
-       because option values might come from the outside world (command
-       line, option file, ...), and any options dependent on other
-       options must be computed *after* these outside influences have
-       been processed -- hence 'finalize_options()'.  The "body" of the
-       subroutine, where it does all its work based on the values of its
-       options, is the 'run()' method, which must also be implemented by
-       every command class."""
-
-    # -- Creation/initialization methods -------------------------------
-
-    def __init__ (self, dist):
-        """Create and initialize a new Command object.  Most importantly,
-           invokes the 'initialize_options()' method, which is the
-           real initializer and depends on the actual command being
-           instantiated."""
-
-        if not isinstance (dist, Distribution):
-            raise TypeError, "dist must be a Distribution instance"
-        if self.__class__ is Command:
-            raise RuntimeError, "Command is an abstract class"
-
-        self.distribution = dist
-        self.initialize_options ()
-
-        # Per-command versions of the global flags, so that the user can
-        # customize Distutils' behaviour command-by-command and let some
-        # commands fallback on the Distribution's behaviour.  None means
-        # "not defined, check self.distribution's copy", while 0 or 1 mean
-        # false and true (duh).  Note that this means figuring out the real
-        # value of each flag is a touch complicatd -- hence "self.verbose"
-        # (etc.) will be handled by __getattr__, below.
-        self._verbose = None
-        self._dry_run = None
-        self._force = None
-
-        # The 'help' flag is just used for command-line parsing, so
-        # none of that complicated bureaucracy is needed.
-        self.help = 0
-
-        # 'ready' records whether or not 'finalize_options()' has been
-        # called.  'finalize_options()' itself should not pay attention to
-        # this flag: it is the business of 'ensure_ready()', which always
-        # calls 'finalize_options()', to respect/update it.
-        self.ready = 0
-
-    # end __init__ ()
-
-
-    def __getattr__ (self, attr):
-        if attr in ('verbose', 'dry_run', 'force'):
-            myval = getattr (self, "_" + attr)
-            if myval is None:
-                return getattr (self.distribution, attr)
-            else:
-                return myval
-        else:
-            raise AttributeError, attr
-
-
-    def ensure_ready (self):
-        if not self.ready:
-            self.finalize_options ()
-        self.ready = 1
-        
-
-    # Subclasses must define:
-    #   initialize_options()
-    #     provide default values for all options; may be overridden
-    #     by Distutils client, by command-line options, or by options
-    #     from option file
-    #   finalize_options()
-    #     decide on the final values for all options; this is called
-    #     after all possible intervention from the outside world
-    #     (command-line, option file, etc.) has been processed
-    #   run()
-    #     run the command: do whatever it is we're here to do,
-    #     controlled by the command's various option values
-
-    def initialize_options (self):
-        """Set default values for all the options that this command
-           supports.  Note that these defaults may be overridden
-           by the command-line supplied by the user; thus, this is
-           not the place to code dependencies between options; generally,
-           'initialize_options()' implementations are just a bunch
-           of "self.foo = None" assignments.
-           
-           This method must be implemented by all command classes."""
-           
-        raise RuntimeError, \
-              "abstract method -- subclass %s must override" % self.__class__
-        
-    def finalize_options (self):
-        """Set final values for all the options that this command
-           supports.  This is always called as late as possible, ie.
-           after any option assignments from the command-line or from
-           other commands have been done.  Thus, this is the place to to
-           code option dependencies: if 'foo' depends on 'bar', then it
-           is safe to set 'foo' from 'bar' as long as 'foo' still has
-           the same value it was assigned in 'initialize_options()'.
-
-           This method must be implemented by all command classes."""
-           
-        raise RuntimeError, \
-              "abstract method -- subclass %s must override" % self.__class__
-
-    def run (self):
-        """A command's raison d'etre: carry out the action it exists
-           to perform, controlled by the options initialized in
-           'initialize_options()', customized by the user and other
-           commands, and finalized in 'finalize_options()'.  All
-           terminal output and filesystem interaction should be done by
-           'run()'.
-
-           This method must be implemented by all command classes."""
-
-        raise RuntimeError, \
-              "abstract method -- subclass %s must override" % self.__class__
-
-    def announce (self, msg, level=1):
-        """If the Distribution instance to which this command belongs
-           has a verbosity level of greater than or equal to 'level'
-           print 'msg' to stdout."""
-    
-        if self.verbose >= level:
-            print msg
-
-
-    # -- Option query/set methods --------------------------------------
-
-    def get_option (self, option):
-        """Return the value of a single option for this command.  Raise
-           DistutilsOptionError if 'option' is not known."""
-        try:
-            return getattr (self, option)
-        except AttributeError:
-            raise DistutilsOptionError, \
-                  "command %s: no such option %s" % \
-                  (self.get_command_name(), option)
-
-
-    def get_options (self, *options):
-        """Return (as a tuple) the values of several options for this
-           command.  Raise DistutilsOptionError if any of the options in
-           'options' are not known."""
-
-        values = []
-        try:
-            for opt in options:
-                values.append (getattr (self, opt))
-        except AttributeError, name:
-            raise DistutilsOptionError, \
-                  "command %s: no such option %s" % \
-                  (self.get_command_name(), name)
-            
-        return tuple (values)
-    
-
-    def set_option (self, option, value):
-        """Set the value of a single option for this command.  Raise
-           DistutilsOptionError if 'option' is not known."""
-
-        if not hasattr (self, option):
-            raise DistutilsOptionError, \
-                  "command '%s': no such option '%s'" % \
-                  (self.get_command_name(), option)
-        if value is not None:
-            setattr (self, option, value)
-
-    def set_options (self, **optval):
-        """Set the values of several options for this command.  Raise
-           DistutilsOptionError if any of the options specified as
-           keyword arguments are not known."""
-
-        for k in optval.keys():
-            if optval[k] is not None:
-                self.set_option (k, optval[k])
-
-
-    # -- Convenience methods for commands ------------------------------
-
-    def get_command_name (self):
-        if hasattr (self, 'command_name'):
-            return self.command_name
-        else:
-            class_name = self.__class__.__name__
-
-            # The re.split here returs empty strings delimited by the
-            # words we're actually interested in -- e.g.  "FooBarBaz"
-            # splits to ['', 'Foo', '', 'Bar', '', 'Baz', ''].  Hence
-            # the 'filter' to strip out the empties.            
-            words = filter (None, re.split (r'([A-Z][a-z]+)', class_name))
-            self.command_name = string.join (map (string.lower, words), "_")
-            return self.command_name
-
-
-    def set_undefined_options (self, src_cmd, *option_pairs):
-        """Set the values of any "undefined" options from corresponding
-           option values in some other command object.  "Undefined" here
-           means "is None", which is the convention used to indicate
-           that an option has not been changed between
-           'set_initial_values()' and 'set_final_values()'.  Usually
-           called from 'set_final_values()' for options that depend on
-           some other command rather than another option of the same
-           command.  'src_cmd' is the other command from which option
-           values will be taken (a command object will be created for it
-           if necessary); the remaining arguments are
-           '(src_option,dst_option)' tuples which mean "take the value
-           of 'src_option' in the 'src_cmd' command object, and copy it
-           to 'dst_option' in the current command object"."""
-
-        # Option_pairs: list of (src_option, dst_option) tuples
-
-        src_cmd_obj = self.distribution.find_command_obj (src_cmd)
-        src_cmd_obj.ensure_ready ()
-        try:
-            for (src_option, dst_option) in option_pairs:
-                if getattr (self, dst_option) is None:
-                    self.set_option (dst_option,
-                                     src_cmd_obj.get_option (src_option))
-        except AttributeError, name:
-            # duh, which command?
-            raise DistutilsOptionError, "unknown option %s" % name
-
-
-    def find_peer (self, command, create=1):
-        """Wrapper around Distribution's 'find_command_obj()' method:
-           find (create if necessary and 'create' is true) the command
-           object for 'command'.."""
-
-        cmd_obj = self.distribution.find_command_obj (command, create)
-        cmd_obj.ensure_ready ()
-        return cmd_obj
-
-
-    def get_peer_option (self, command, option):
-        """Find or create the command object for 'command', and return
-           its 'option' option."""
-
-        cmd_obj = self.find_peer (command)
-        return cmd_obj.get_option (option)
-
-
-    def run_peer (self, command):
-        """Run some other command: uses the 'run_command()' method of
-           Distribution, which creates the command object if necessary
-           and then invokes its 'run()' method."""
-
-        self.distribution.run_command (command)
-
-
-    # -- External world manipulation -----------------------------------
-
-    def warn (self, msg):
-        sys.stderr.write ("warning: %s: %s\n" %
-                          (self.get_command_name(), msg))
-
-
-    def execute (self, func, args, msg=None, level=1):
-        """Perform some action that affects the outside world (eg.
-           by writing to the filesystem).  Such actions are special because
-           they should be disabled by the "dry run" flag, and should
-           announce themselves if the current verbosity level is high
-           enough.  This method takes care of all that bureaucracy for you;
-           all you have to do is supply the funtion to call and an argument
-           tuple for it (to embody the "external action" being performed),
-           a message to print if the verbosity level is high enough, and an
-           optional verbosity threshold."""
-
-        # Generate a message if we weren't passed one
-        if msg is None:
-            msg = "%s %s" % (func.__name__, `args`)
-            if msg[-2:] == ',)':        # correct for singleton tuple 
-                msg = msg[0:-2] + ')'
-
-        # Print it if verbosity level is high enough
-        self.announce (msg, level)
-
-        # And do it, as long as we're not in dry-run mode
-        if not self.dry_run:
-            apply (func, args)
-
-    # execute()
-
-
-    def mkpath (self, name, mode=0777):
-        util.mkpath (name, mode,
-                     self.verbose, self.dry_run)
-
-
-    def copy_file (self, infile, outfile,
-                   preserve_mode=1, preserve_times=1, link=None, level=1):
-        """Copy a file respecting verbose, dry-run and force flags."""
-
-        return util.copy_file (infile, outfile,
-                               preserve_mode, preserve_times,
-                               not self.force,
-                               link,
-                               self.verbose >= level,
-                               self.dry_run)
-
-
-    def copy_tree (self, infile, outfile,
-                   preserve_mode=1, preserve_times=1, preserve_symlinks=0,
-                   level=1):
-        """Copy an entire directory tree respecting verbose, dry-run,
-           and force flags."""
-
-        return util.copy_tree (infile, outfile, 
-                               preserve_mode,preserve_times,preserve_symlinks,
-                               not self.force,
-                               self.verbose >= level,
-                               self.dry_run)
-
-
-    def move_file (self, src, dst, level=1):
-        """Move a file respecting verbose and dry-run flags."""
-        return util.move_file (src, dst,
-                               self.verbose >= level,
-                               self.dry_run)
-
-
-    def spawn (self, cmd, search_path=1, level=1):
-        from distutils.spawn import spawn
-        spawn (cmd, search_path,
-               self.verbose >= level,
-               self.dry_run)
-
-
-    def make_archive (self, base_name, format,
-                      root_dir=None, base_dir=None):
-        util.make_archive (base_name, format, root_dir, base_dir,
-                           self.verbose, self.dry_run)
-
-
-    def make_file (self, infiles, outfile, func, args,
-                    exec_msg=None, skip_msg=None, level=1):
-
-        """Special case of 'execute()' for operations that process one or
-           more input files and generate one output file.  Works just like
-           'execute()', except the operation is skipped and a different
-           message printed if 'outfile' already exists and is newer than
-           all files listed in 'infiles'."""
-
-
-        if exec_msg is None:
-            exec_msg = "generating %s from %s" % \
-                       (outfile, string.join (infiles, ', '))
-        if skip_msg is None:
-            skip_msg = "skipping %s (inputs unchanged)" % outfile
-        
-
-        # Allow 'infiles' to be a single string
-        if type (infiles) is StringType:
-            infiles = (infiles,)
-        elif type (infiles) not in (ListType, TupleType):
-            raise TypeError, \
-                  "'infiles' must be a string, or a list or tuple of strings"
-
-        # If 'outfile' must be regenerated (either because it doesn't
-        # exist, is out-of-date, or the 'force' flag is true) then
-        # perform the action that presumably regenerates it
-        if self.force or util.newer_group (infiles, outfile):
-            self.execute (func, args, exec_msg, level)
-
-        # Otherwise, print the "skip" message
-        else:
-            self.announce (skip_msg, level)
-
-    # make_file ()
-
-# class Command