Catch syntax errors from processing template lines and turn them into
mere warnings.
Call 'findall()' on our FileList object before we start using it seriously.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py b/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py
index 4c2acf6..4765d7f 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
create_tree, remove_tree, newer, write_file, \
check_archive_formats
from distutils.text_file import TextFile
-from distutils.errors import DistutilsExecError, DistutilsOptionError
+from distutils.errors import *
from distutils.filelist import FileList
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@
"(using default file list)") %
self.template)
+ self.filelist.findall()
+
# Add default file set to 'files'
if self.use_defaults:
self.add_defaults()
@@ -335,7 +337,12 @@
if line is None: # end of file
break
- self.filelist.process_template_line(line)
+ try:
+ self.filelist.process_template_line(line)
+ except DistutilsTemplateError, msg:
+ self.warn("%s, line %d: %s" % (template.filename,
+ template.current_line,
+ msg))
# read_template ()