Define 'self.force' in the constructor and remove the hack in '__getattr__()'
to account for it not being defined in the constructor.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/cmd.py b/Lib/distutils/cmd.py
index 16008c4..b3d1664 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/cmd.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/cmd.py
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@
self._verbose = None
self._dry_run = None
+ # Some commands define a 'self.force' option to ignore file
+ # timestamps, but methods defined *here* assume that
+ # 'self.force' exists for all commands. So define it here
+ # just to be safe.
+ self.force = None
+
# The 'help' flag is just used for command-line parsing, so
# none of that complicated bureaucracy is needed.
self.help = 0
@@ -79,11 +85,6 @@
return getattr (self.distribution, attr)
else:
return myval
-
- # Needed because some Command methods assume 'self.force' exists,
- # but not all commands define 'self.force'. Ugh.
- elif attr == 'force':
- return None
else:
raise AttributeError, attr