Use 'ensure_string_list()' for 'formats' option, so that it can be
spelled sensibly in a config file.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py b/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py
index 03de85b..af88eba 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
if self.template is None:
self.template = "MANIFEST.in"
+ self.ensure_string_list('formats')
if self.formats is None:
try:
self.formats = [self.default_format[os.name]]
@@ -80,8 +81,6 @@
raise DistutilsPlatformError, \
"don't know how to create source distributions " + \
"on platform %s" % os.name
- elif type (self.formats) is StringType:
- self.formats = string.split (self.formats, ',')
bad_format = check_archive_formats (self.formats)
if bad_format: