Remove functions in string module that are also string methods.  Also remove:
 * all calls to functions in the string module (except maketrans)
 * everything from stropmodule except for maketrans() which is still used
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/install.py b/Lib/distutils/command/install.py
index fd5d6d1..c03a90e 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/install.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/install.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import sys, os, string
+import sys, os
 from types import *
 from distutils.core import Command
 from distutils.debug import DEBUG
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
         # $platbase in the other installation directories and not worry
         # about needing recursive variable expansion (shudder).
 
-        py_version = (string.split(sys.version))[0]
+        py_version = sys.version.split()[0]
         (prefix, exec_prefix) = get_config_vars('prefix', 'exec_prefix')
         self.config_vars = {'dist_name': self.distribution.get_name(),
                             'dist_version': self.distribution.get_version(),
@@ -353,11 +353,11 @@
                 if opt_name[-1] == "=":
                     opt_name = opt_name[0:-1]
                 if self.negative_opt.has_key(opt_name):
-                    opt_name = string.translate(self.negative_opt[opt_name],
-                                                longopt_xlate)
+                    opt_name = self.negative_opt[opt_name].translate(
+                                                               longopt_xlate)
                     val = not getattr(self, opt_name)
                 else:
-                    opt_name = string.translate(opt_name, longopt_xlate)
+                    opt_name = opt_name.translate(longopt_xlate)
                     val = getattr(self, opt_name)
                 print("  %s: %s" % (opt_name, val))
 
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
 
         if self.extra_path is not None:
             if type(self.extra_path) is StringType:
-                self.extra_path = string.split(self.extra_path, ',')
+                self.extra_path = self.extra_path.split(',')
 
             if len(self.extra_path) == 1:
                 path_file = extra_dirs = self.extra_path[0]