#5732: added the check command into Distutils
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/check.py b/Lib/distutils/command/check.py
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+"""distutils.command.check
+
+Implements the Distutils 'check' command.
+"""
+__revision__ = "$Id$"
+
+from distutils.core import Command
+from distutils.errors import DistutilsSetupError
+
+try:
+    # docutils is installed
+    from docutils.utils import Reporter
+    from docutils.parsers.rst import Parser
+    from docutils import frontend
+    from docutils import nodes
+    from StringIO import StringIO
+
+    class SilentReporter(Reporter):
+
+        def __init__(self, source, report_level, halt_level, stream=None,
+                     debug=0, encoding='ascii', error_handler='replace'):
+            self.messages = []
+            Reporter.__init__(self, source, report_level, halt_level, stream,
+                              debug, encoding, error_handler)
+
+        def system_message(self, level, message, *children, **kwargs):
+            self.messages.append((level, message, children, kwargs))
+
+    HAS_DOCUTILS = True
+except ImportError:
+    # docutils is not installed
+    HAS_DOCUTILS = False
+
+class check(Command):
+    """This command checks the meta-data of the package.
+    """
+    description = ("perform some checks on the package")
+    user_options = [('metadata', 'm', 'Verify meta-data'),
+                    ('restructuredtext', 'r',
+                     ('Checks if long string meta-data syntax '
+                      'are reStructuredText-compliant')),
+                    ('strict', 's',
+                     'Will exit with an error if a check fails')]
+
+    boolean_options = ['metadata', 'restructuredtext', 'strict']
+
+    def initialize_options(self):
+        """Sets default values for options."""
+        self.restructuredtext = 0
+        self.metadata = 1
+        self.strict = 0
+        self._warnings = 0
+
+    def finalize_options(self):
+        pass
+
+    def warn(self, msg):
+        """Counts the number of warnings that occurs."""
+        self._warnings += 1
+        return Command.warn(self, msg)
+
+    def run(self):
+        """Runs the command."""
+        # perform the various tests
+        if self.metadata:
+            self.check_metadata()
+        if self.restructuredtext:
+            if docutils:
+                self.check_restructuredtext()
+            elif self.strict:
+                raise DistutilsSetupError('The docutils package is needed.')
+
+        # let's raise an error in strict mode, if we have at least
+        # one warning
+        if self.strict and self._warnings > 1:
+            raise DistutilsSetupError('Please correct your package.')
+
+    def check_metadata(self):
+        """Ensures that all required elements of meta-data are supplied.
+
+        name, version, URL, (author and author_email) or
+        (maintainer and maintainer_email)).
+
+        Warns if any are missing.
+        """
+        metadata = self.distribution.metadata
+
+        missing = []
+        for attr in ('name', 'version', 'url'):
+            if not (hasattr(metadata, attr) and getattr(metadata, attr)):
+                missing.append(attr)
+
+        if missing:
+            self.warn("missing required meta-data: %s"  % ' ,'.join(missing))
+        if metadata.author:
+            if not metadata.author_email:
+                self.warn("missing meta-data: if 'author' supplied, " +
+                          "'author_email' must be supplied too")
+        elif metadata.maintainer:
+            if not metadata.maintainer_email:
+                self.warn("missing meta-data: if 'maintainer' supplied, " +
+                          "'maintainer_email' must be supplied too")
+        else:
+            self.warn("missing meta-data: either (author and author_email) " +
+                      "or (maintainer and maintainer_email) " +
+                      "must be supplied")
+
+    def check_restructuredtext(self):
+        """Checks if the long string fields are reST-compliant."""
+        data = self.distribution.get_long_description()
+        for warning in self._check_rst_data(data):
+            line = warning[-1].get('line')
+            if line is None:
+                warning = warning[1]
+            else:
+                warning = '%s (line %s)' % (warning[1], line)
+            self.warn(warning)
+
+    def _check_rst_data(self, data):
+        """Returns warnings when the provided data doesn't compile."""
+        source_path = StringIO()
+        parser = Parser()
+        settings = frontend.OptionParser().get_default_values()
+        settings.tab_width = 4
+        settings.pep_references = None
+        settings.rfc_references = None
+        reporter = SilentReporter(source_path,
+                          settings.report_level,
+                          settings.halt_level,
+                          stream=settings.warning_stream,
+                          debug=settings.debug,
+                          encoding=settings.error_encoding,
+                          error_handler=settings.error_encoding_error_handler)
+
+        document = nodes.document(settings, reporter, source=source_path)
+        document.note_source(source_path, -1)
+        try:
+            parser.parse(data, document)
+        except AttributeError:
+            reporter.messages.append((-1, 'Could not finish the parsing.',
+                                      '', {}))
+
+        return reporter.messages