initial import of the packaging package in the standard library
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+"""Create a built (binary) distribution.
+
+If a --formats option was given on the command line, this command will
+call the corresponding bdist_* commands; if the option was absent, a
+bdist_* command depending on the current platform will be called.
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from packaging import util
+from packaging.command.cmd import Command
+from packaging.errors import PackagingPlatformError, PackagingOptionError
+
+
+def show_formats():
+    """Print list of available formats (arguments to "--format" option).
+    """
+    from packaging.fancy_getopt import FancyGetopt
+    formats = []
+    for format in bdist.format_commands:
+        formats.append(("formats=" + format, None,
+                        bdist.format_command[format][1]))
+    pretty_printer = FancyGetopt(formats)
+    pretty_printer.print_help("List of available distribution formats:")
+
+
+class bdist(Command):
+
+    description = "create a built (binary) distribution"
+
+    user_options = [('bdist-base=', 'b',
+                     "temporary directory for creating built distributions"),
+                    ('plat-name=', 'p',
+                     "platform name to embed in generated filenames "
+                     "(default: %s)" % util.get_platform()),
+                    ('formats=', None,
+                     "formats for distribution (comma-separated list)"),
+                    ('dist-dir=', 'd',
+                     "directory to put final built distributions in "
+                     "[default: dist]"),
+                    ('skip-build', None,
+                     "skip rebuilding everything (for testing/debugging)"),
+                    ('owner=', 'u',
+                     "Owner name used when creating a tar file"
+                     " [default: current user]"),
+                    ('group=', 'g',
+                     "Group name used when creating a tar file"
+                     " [default: current group]"),
+                   ]
+
+    boolean_options = ['skip-build']
+
+    help_options = [
+        ('help-formats', None,
+         "lists available distribution formats", show_formats),
+        ]
+
+    # This is of course very simplistic.  The various UNIX family operating
+    # systems have their specific formats, but they are out of scope for us;
+    # bdist_dumb is, well, dumb; it's more a building block for other
+    # packaging tools than a real end-user binary format.
+    default_format = {'posix': 'gztar',
+                      'nt': 'zip',
+                      'os2': 'zip'}
+
+    # Establish the preferred order (for the --help-formats option).
+    format_commands = ['gztar', 'bztar', 'ztar', 'tar',
+                       'wininst', 'zip', 'msi']
+
+    # And the real information.
+    format_command = {'gztar': ('bdist_dumb', "gzip'ed tar file"),
+                      'bztar': ('bdist_dumb', "bzip2'ed tar file"),
+                      'ztar':  ('bdist_dumb', "compressed tar file"),
+                      'tar':   ('bdist_dumb', "tar file"),
+                      'wininst': ('bdist_wininst',
+                                  "Windows executable installer"),
+                      'zip':   ('bdist_dumb', "ZIP file"),
+                      'msi':   ('bdist_msi',  "Microsoft Installer")
+                      }
+
+
+    def initialize_options(self):
+        self.bdist_base = None
+        self.plat_name = None
+        self.formats = None
+        self.dist_dir = None
+        self.skip_build = False
+        self.group = None
+        self.owner = None
+
+    def finalize_options(self):
+        # have to finalize 'plat_name' before 'bdist_base'
+        if self.plat_name is None:
+            if self.skip_build:
+                self.plat_name = util.get_platform()
+            else:
+                self.plat_name = self.get_finalized_command('build').plat_name
+
+        # 'bdist_base' -- parent of per-built-distribution-format
+        # temporary directories (eg. we'll probably have
+        # "build/bdist.<plat>/dumb", etc.)
+        if self.bdist_base is None:
+            build_base = self.get_finalized_command('build').build_base
+            self.bdist_base = os.path.join(build_base,
+                                           'bdist.' + self.plat_name)
+
+        self.ensure_string_list('formats')
+        if self.formats is None:
+            try:
+                self.formats = [self.default_format[os.name]]
+            except KeyError:
+                raise PackagingPlatformError("don't know how to create built distributions " + \
+                      "on platform %s" % os.name)
+
+        if self.dist_dir is None:
+            self.dist_dir = "dist"
+
+    def run(self):
+        # Figure out which sub-commands we need to run.
+        commands = []
+        for format in self.formats:
+            try:
+                commands.append(self.format_command[format][0])
+            except KeyError:
+                raise PackagingOptionError("invalid format '%s'" % format)
+
+        # Reinitialize and run each command.
+        for i in range(len(self.formats)):
+            cmd_name = commands[i]
+            sub_cmd = self.get_reinitialized_command(cmd_name)
+
+            # passing the owner and group names for tar archiving
+            if cmd_name == 'bdist_dumb':
+                sub_cmd.owner = self.owner
+                sub_cmd.group = self.group
+
+            # If we're going to need to run this command again, tell it to
+            # keep its temporary files around so subsequent runs go faster.
+            if cmd_name in commands[i+1:]:
+                sub_cmd.keep_temp = True
+            self.run_command(cmd_name)