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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/distutils/util.py | 24 |
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diff --git a/Lib/distutils/util.py b/Lib/distutils/util.py index be3a1d6..9c436b9 100644 --- a/Lib/distutils/util.py +++ b/Lib/distutils/util.py @@ -18,6 +18,30 @@ from distutils.dep_util import * from distutils.archive_util import * +# Need to define 'abspath()', because it was new with Python 1.5.2 +if hasattr (os.path, 'abspath'): + abspath = os.path.abspath +else: + def abspath(path): + if not os.path.isabs(path): + path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), path) + return os.path.normpath(path) + + +# More backwards compatability hacks +def extend (list, new_list): + """Appends the list 'new_list' to 'list', just like the 'extend()' + list method does in Python 1.5.2 -- but this works on earlier + versions of Python too.""" + + if hasattr (list, 'extend'): + list.extend (new_list) + else: + list[len(list):] = new_list + +# extend () + + def get_platform (): """Return a string (suitable for tacking onto directory names) that identifies the current platform. Under Unix, identifies both the OS |