initial import of the packaging package in the standard library
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+"""Main install command, which calls the other install_* commands."""
+
+import sys
+import os
+
+import sysconfig
+from sysconfig import get_config_vars, get_paths, get_path, get_config_var
+
+from packaging import logger
+from packaging.command.cmd import Command
+from packaging.errors import PackagingPlatformError
+from packaging.util import write_file
+from packaging.util import convert_path, change_root, get_platform
+from packaging.errors import PackagingOptionError
+
+
+HAS_USER_SITE = True
+
+
+class install_dist(Command):
+
+    description = "install everything from build directory"
+
+    user_options = [
+        # Select installation scheme and set base director(y|ies)
+        ('prefix=', None,
+         "installation prefix"),
+        ('exec-prefix=', None,
+         "(Unix only) prefix for platform-specific files"),
+        ('home=', None,
+         "(Unix only) home directory to install under"),
+
+        # Or just set the base director(y|ies)
+        ('install-base=', None,
+         "base installation directory (instead of --prefix or --home)"),
+        ('install-platbase=', None,
+         "base installation directory for platform-specific files " +
+         "(instead of --exec-prefix or --home)"),
+        ('root=', None,
+         "install everything relative to this alternate root directory"),
+
+        # Or explicitly set the installation scheme
+        ('install-purelib=', None,
+         "installation directory for pure Python module distributions"),
+        ('install-platlib=', None,
+         "installation directory for non-pure module distributions"),
+        ('install-lib=', None,
+         "installation directory for all module distributions " +
+         "(overrides --install-purelib and --install-platlib)"),
+
+        ('install-headers=', None,
+         "installation directory for C/C++ headers"),
+        ('install-scripts=', None,
+         "installation directory for Python scripts"),
+        ('install-data=', None,
+         "installation directory for data files"),
+
+        # Byte-compilation options -- see install_lib.py for details, as
+        # these are duplicated from there (but only install_lib does
+        # anything with them).
+        ('compile', 'c', "compile .py to .pyc [default]"),
+        ('no-compile', None, "don't compile .py files"),
+        ('optimize=', 'O',
+         'also compile with optimization: -O1 for "python -O", '
+         '-O2 for "python -OO", and -O0 to disable [default: -O0]'),
+
+        # Miscellaneous control options
+        ('force', 'f',
+         "force installation (overwrite any existing files)"),
+        ('skip-build', None,
+         "skip rebuilding everything (for testing/debugging)"),
+
+        # Where to install documentation (eventually!)
+        #('doc-format=', None, "format of documentation to generate"),
+        #('install-man=', None, "directory for Unix man pages"),
+        #('install-html=', None, "directory for HTML documentation"),
+        #('install-info=', None, "directory for GNU info files"),
+
+        # XXX use a name that makes clear this is the old format
+        ('record=', None,
+         "filename in which to record a list of installed files "
+         "(not PEP 376-compliant)"),
+        ('resources=', None,
+         "data files mapping"),
+
+        # .dist-info related arguments, read by install_dist_info
+        ('no-distinfo', None,
+         "do not create a .dist-info directory"),
+        ('installer=', None,
+         "the name of the installer"),
+        ('requested', None,
+         "generate a REQUESTED file (i.e."),
+        ('no-requested', None,
+         "do not generate a REQUESTED file"),
+        ('no-record', None,
+         "do not generate a RECORD file"),
+        ]
+
+    boolean_options = ['compile', 'force', 'skip-build', 'no-distinfo',
+                       'requested', 'no-record']
+
+    if HAS_USER_SITE:
+        user_options.append(
+            ('user', None,
+             "install in user site-packages directory [%s]" %
+             get_path('purelib', '%s_user' % os.name)))
+
+        boolean_options.append('user')
+
+    negative_opt = {'no-compile': 'compile', 'no-requested': 'requested'}
+
+    def initialize_options(self):
+        # High-level options: these select both an installation base
+        # and scheme.
+        self.prefix = None
+        self.exec_prefix = None
+        self.home = None
+        if HAS_USER_SITE:
+            self.user = False
+
+        # These select only the installation base; it's up to the user to
+        # specify the installation scheme (currently, that means supplying
+        # the --install-{platlib,purelib,scripts,data} options).
+        self.install_base = None
+        self.install_platbase = None
+        self.root = None
+
+        # These options are the actual installation directories; if not
+        # supplied by the user, they are filled in using the installation
+        # scheme implied by prefix/exec-prefix/home and the contents of
+        # that installation scheme.
+        self.install_purelib = None     # for pure module distributions
+        self.install_platlib = None     # non-pure (dists w/ extensions)
+        self.install_headers = None     # for C/C++ headers
+        self.install_lib = None         # set to either purelib or platlib
+        self.install_scripts = None
+        self.install_data = None
+        if HAS_USER_SITE:
+            self.install_userbase = get_config_var('userbase')
+            self.install_usersite = get_path('purelib', '%s_user' % os.name)
+
+        self.compile = None
+        self.optimize = None
+
+        # These two are for putting non-packagized distributions into their
+        # own directory and creating a .pth file if it makes sense.
+        # 'extra_path' comes from the setup file; 'install_path_file' can
+        # be turned off if it makes no sense to install a .pth file.  (But
+        # better to install it uselessly than to guess wrong and not
+        # install it when it's necessary and would be used!)  Currently,
+        # 'install_path_file' is always true unless some outsider meddles
+        # with it.
+        self.extra_path = None
+        self.install_path_file = True
+
+        # 'force' forces installation, even if target files are not
+        # out-of-date.  'skip_build' skips running the "build" command,
+        # handy if you know it's not necessary.  'warn_dir' (which is *not*
+        # a user option, it's just there so the bdist_* commands can turn
+        # it off) determines whether we warn about installing to a
+        # directory not in sys.path.
+        self.force = False
+        self.skip_build = False
+        self.warn_dir = True
+
+        # These are only here as a conduit from the 'build' command to the
+        # 'install_*' commands that do the real work.  ('build_base' isn't
+        # actually used anywhere, but it might be useful in future.)  They
+        # are not user options, because if the user told the install
+        # command where the build directory is, that wouldn't affect the
+        # build command.
+        self.build_base = None
+        self.build_lib = None
+
+        # Not defined yet because we don't know anything about
+        # documentation yet.
+        #self.install_man = None
+        #self.install_html = None
+        #self.install_info = None
+
+        self.record = None
+        self.resources = None
+
+        # .dist-info related options
+        self.no_distinfo = None
+        self.installer = None
+        self.requested = None
+        self.no_record = None
+        self.no_resources = None
+
+    # -- Option finalizing methods -------------------------------------
+    # (This is rather more involved than for most commands,
+    # because this is where the policy for installing third-
+    # party Python modules on various platforms given a wide
+    # array of user input is decided.  Yes, it's quite complex!)
+
+    def finalize_options(self):
+        # This method (and its pliant slaves, like 'finalize_unix()',
+        # 'finalize_other()', and 'select_scheme()') is where the default
+        # installation directories for modules, extension modules, and
+        # anything else we care to install from a Python module
+        # distribution.  Thus, this code makes a pretty important policy
+        # statement about how third-party stuff is added to a Python
+        # installation!  Note that the actual work of installation is done
+        # by the relatively simple 'install_*' commands; they just take
+        # their orders from the installation directory options determined
+        # here.
+
+        # Check for errors/inconsistencies in the options; first, stuff
+        # that's wrong on any platform.
+
+        if ((self.prefix or self.exec_prefix or self.home) and
+            (self.install_base or self.install_platbase)):
+            raise PackagingOptionError(
+                "must supply either prefix/exec-prefix/home or "
+                "install-base/install-platbase -- not both")
+
+        if self.home and (self.prefix or self.exec_prefix):
+            raise PackagingOptionError(
+                "must supply either home or prefix/exec-prefix -- not both")
+
+        if HAS_USER_SITE and self.user and (
+                self.prefix or self.exec_prefix or self.home or
+                self.install_base or self.install_platbase):
+            raise PackagingOptionError(
+                "can't combine user with prefix/exec_prefix/home or "
+                "install_base/install_platbase")
+
+        # Next, stuff that's wrong (or dubious) only on certain platforms.
+        if os.name != "posix":
+            if self.exec_prefix:
+                logger.warning(
+                    '%s: exec-prefix option ignored on this platform',
+                    self.get_command_name())
+                self.exec_prefix = None
+
+        # Now the interesting logic -- so interesting that we farm it out
+        # to other methods.  The goal of these methods is to set the final
+        # values for the install_{lib,scripts,data,...}  options, using as
+        # input a heady brew of prefix, exec_prefix, home, install_base,
+        # install_platbase, user-supplied versions of
+        # install_{purelib,platlib,lib,scripts,data,...}, and the
+        # INSTALL_SCHEME dictionary above.  Phew!
+
+        self.dump_dirs("pre-finalize_{unix,other}")
+
+        if os.name == 'posix':
+            self.finalize_unix()
+        else:
+            self.finalize_other()
+
+        self.dump_dirs("post-finalize_{unix,other}()")
+
+        # Expand configuration variables, tilde, etc. in self.install_base
+        # and self.install_platbase -- that way, we can use $base or
+        # $platbase in the other installation directories and not worry
+        # about needing recursive variable expansion (shudder).
+
+        py_version = sys.version.split()[0]
+        prefix, exec_prefix, srcdir, projectbase = get_config_vars(
+            'prefix', 'exec_prefix', 'srcdir', 'projectbase')
+
+        metadata = self.distribution.metadata
+        self.config_vars = {
+            'dist_name': metadata['Name'],
+            'dist_version': metadata['Version'],
+            'dist_fullname': metadata.get_fullname(),
+            'py_version': py_version,
+            'py_version_short': py_version[:3],
+            'py_version_nodot': py_version[:3:2],
+            'sys_prefix': prefix,
+            'prefix': prefix,
+            'sys_exec_prefix': exec_prefix,
+            'exec_prefix': exec_prefix,
+            'srcdir': srcdir,
+            'projectbase': projectbase,
+            }
+
+        if HAS_USER_SITE:
+            self.config_vars['userbase'] = self.install_userbase
+            self.config_vars['usersite'] = self.install_usersite
+
+        self.expand_basedirs()
+
+        self.dump_dirs("post-expand_basedirs()")
+
+        # Now define config vars for the base directories so we can expand
+        # everything else.
+        self.config_vars['base'] = self.install_base
+        self.config_vars['platbase'] = self.install_platbase
+
+        # Expand "~" and configuration variables in the installation
+        # directories.
+        self.expand_dirs()
+
+        self.dump_dirs("post-expand_dirs()")
+
+        # Create directories in the home dir:
+        if HAS_USER_SITE and self.user:
+            self.create_home_path()
+
+        # Pick the actual directory to install all modules to: either
+        # install_purelib or install_platlib, depending on whether this
+        # module distribution is pure or not.  Of course, if the user
+        # already specified install_lib, use their selection.
+        if self.install_lib is None:
+            if self.distribution.ext_modules:  # has extensions: non-pure
+                self.install_lib = self.install_platlib
+            else:
+                self.install_lib = self.install_purelib
+
+        # Convert directories from Unix /-separated syntax to the local
+        # convention.
+        self.convert_paths('lib', 'purelib', 'platlib',
+                           'scripts', 'data', 'headers')
+        if HAS_USER_SITE:
+            self.convert_paths('userbase', 'usersite')
+
+        # Well, we're not actually fully completely finalized yet: we still
+        # have to deal with 'extra_path', which is the hack for allowing
+        # non-packagized module distributions (hello, Numerical Python!) to
+        # get their own directories.
+        self.handle_extra_path()
+        self.install_libbase = self.install_lib  # needed for .pth file
+        self.install_lib = os.path.join(self.install_lib, self.extra_dirs)
+
+        # If a new root directory was supplied, make all the installation
+        # dirs relative to it.
+        if self.root is not None:
+            self.change_roots('libbase', 'lib', 'purelib', 'platlib',
+                              'scripts', 'data', 'headers')
+
+        self.dump_dirs("after prepending root")
+
+        # Find out the build directories, ie. where to install from.
+        self.set_undefined_options('build', 'build_base', 'build_lib')
+
+        # Punt on doc directories for now -- after all, we're punting on
+        # documentation completely!
+
+        if self.no_distinfo is None:
+            self.no_distinfo = False
+
+    def finalize_unix(self):
+        """Finalize options for posix platforms."""
+        if self.install_base is not None or self.install_platbase is not None:
+            if ((self.install_lib is None and
+                 self.install_purelib is None and
+                 self.install_platlib is None) or
+                self.install_headers is None or
+                self.install_scripts is None or
+                self.install_data is None):
+                raise PackagingOptionError(
+                    "install-base or install-platbase supplied, but "
+                    "installation scheme is incomplete")
+            return
+
+        if HAS_USER_SITE and self.user:
+            if self.install_userbase is None:
+                raise PackagingPlatformError(
+                    "user base directory is not specified")
+            self.install_base = self.install_platbase = self.install_userbase
+            self.select_scheme("posix_user")
+        elif self.home is not None:
+            self.install_base = self.install_platbase = self.home
+            self.select_scheme("posix_home")
+        else:
+            if self.prefix is None:
+                if self.exec_prefix is not None:
+                    raise PackagingOptionError(
+                        "must not supply exec-prefix without prefix")
+
+                self.prefix = os.path.normpath(sys.prefix)
+                self.exec_prefix = os.path.normpath(sys.exec_prefix)
+
+            else:
+                if self.exec_prefix is None:
+                    self.exec_prefix = self.prefix
+
+            self.install_base = self.prefix
+            self.install_platbase = self.exec_prefix
+            self.select_scheme("posix_prefix")
+
+    def finalize_other(self):
+        """Finalize options for non-posix platforms"""
+        if HAS_USER_SITE and self.user:
+            if self.install_userbase is None:
+                raise PackagingPlatformError(
+                    "user base directory is not specified")
+            self.install_base = self.install_platbase = self.install_userbase
+            self.select_scheme(os.name + "_user")
+        elif self.home is not None:
+            self.install_base = self.install_platbase = self.home
+            self.select_scheme("posix_home")
+        else:
+            if self.prefix is None:
+                self.prefix = os.path.normpath(sys.prefix)
+
+            self.install_base = self.install_platbase = self.prefix
+            try:
+                self.select_scheme(os.name)
+            except KeyError:
+                raise PackagingPlatformError(
+                    "no support for installation on '%s'" % os.name)
+
+    def dump_dirs(self, msg):
+        """Dump the list of user options."""
+        logger.debug(msg + ":")
+        for opt in self.user_options:
+            opt_name = opt[0]
+            if opt_name[-1] == "=":
+                opt_name = opt_name[0:-1]
+            if opt_name in self.negative_opt:
+                opt_name = self.negative_opt[opt_name]
+                opt_name = opt_name.replace('-', '_')
+                val = not getattr(self, opt_name)
+            else:
+                opt_name = opt_name.replace('-', '_')
+                val = getattr(self, opt_name)
+            logger.debug("  %s: %s", opt_name, val)
+
+    def select_scheme(self, name):
+        """Set the install directories by applying the install schemes."""
+        # it's the caller's problem if they supply a bad name!
+        scheme = get_paths(name, expand=False)
+        for key, value in scheme.items():
+            if key == 'platinclude':
+                key = 'headers'
+                value = os.path.join(value, self.distribution.metadata['Name'])
+            attrname = 'install_' + key
+            if hasattr(self, attrname):
+                if getattr(self, attrname) is None:
+                    setattr(self, attrname, value)
+
+    def _expand_attrs(self, attrs):
+        for attr in attrs:
+            val = getattr(self, attr)
+            if val is not None:
+                if os.name == 'posix' or os.name == 'nt':
+                    val = os.path.expanduser(val)
+                # see if we want to push this work in sysconfig XXX
+                val = sysconfig._subst_vars(val, self.config_vars)
+                setattr(self, attr, val)
+
+    def expand_basedirs(self):
+        """Call `os.path.expanduser` on install_{base,platbase} and root."""
+        self._expand_attrs(['install_base', 'install_platbase', 'root'])
+
+    def expand_dirs(self):
+        """Call `os.path.expanduser` on install dirs."""
+        self._expand_attrs(['install_purelib', 'install_platlib',
+                            'install_lib', 'install_headers',
+                            'install_scripts', 'install_data'])
+
+    def convert_paths(self, *names):
+        """Call `convert_path` over `names`."""
+        for name in names:
+            attr = "install_" + name
+            setattr(self, attr, convert_path(getattr(self, attr)))
+
+    def handle_extra_path(self):
+        """Set `path_file` and `extra_dirs` using `extra_path`."""
+        if self.extra_path is None:
+            self.extra_path = self.distribution.extra_path
+
+        if self.extra_path is not None:
+            if isinstance(self.extra_path, str):
+                self.extra_path = self.extra_path.split(',')
+
+            if len(self.extra_path) == 1:
+                path_file = extra_dirs = self.extra_path[0]
+            elif len(self.extra_path) == 2:
+                path_file, extra_dirs = self.extra_path
+            else:
+                raise PackagingOptionError(
+                    "'extra_path' option must be a list, tuple, or "
+                    "comma-separated string with 1 or 2 elements")
+
+            # convert to local form in case Unix notation used (as it
+            # should be in setup scripts)
+            extra_dirs = convert_path(extra_dirs)
+        else:
+            path_file = None
+            extra_dirs = ''
+
+        # XXX should we warn if path_file and not extra_dirs? (in which
+        # case the path file would be harmless but pointless)
+        self.path_file = path_file
+        self.extra_dirs = extra_dirs
+
+    def change_roots(self, *names):
+        """Change the install direcories pointed by name using root."""
+        for name in names:
+            attr = "install_" + name
+            setattr(self, attr, change_root(self.root, getattr(self, attr)))
+
+    def create_home_path(self):
+        """Create directories under ~."""
+        if HAS_USER_SITE and not self.user:
+            return
+        home = convert_path(os.path.expanduser("~"))
+        for name, path in self.config_vars.items():
+            if path.startswith(home) and not os.path.isdir(path):
+                os.makedirs(path, 0o700)
+
+    # -- Command execution methods -------------------------------------
+
+    def run(self):
+        """Runs the command."""
+        # Obviously have to build before we can install
+        if not self.skip_build:
+            self.run_command('build')
+            # If we built for any other platform, we can't install.
+            build_plat = self.distribution.get_command_obj('build').plat_name
+            # check warn_dir - it is a clue that the 'install_dist' is happening
+            # internally, and not to sys.path, so we don't check the platform
+            # matches what we are running.
+            if self.warn_dir and build_plat != get_platform():
+                raise PackagingPlatformError("Can't install when "
+                                             "cross-compiling")
+
+        # Run all sub-commands (at least those that need to be run)
+        for cmd_name in self.get_sub_commands():
+            self.run_command(cmd_name)
+
+        if self.path_file:
+            self.create_path_file()
+
+        # write list of installed files, if requested.
+        if self.record:
+            outputs = self.get_outputs()
+            if self.root:               # strip any package prefix
+                root_len = len(self.root)
+                for counter in range(len(outputs)):
+                    outputs[counter] = outputs[counter][root_len:]
+            self.execute(write_file,
+                         (self.record, outputs),
+                         "writing list of installed files to '%s'" %
+                         self.record)
+
+        normpath, normcase = os.path.normpath, os.path.normcase
+        sys_path = [normcase(normpath(p)) for p in sys.path]
+        install_lib = normcase(normpath(self.install_lib))
+        if (self.warn_dir and
+            not (self.path_file and self.install_path_file) and
+            install_lib not in sys_path):
+            logger.debug(("modules installed to '%s', which is not in "
+                       "Python's module search path (sys.path) -- "
+                       "you'll have to change the search path yourself"),
+                       self.install_lib)
+
+    def create_path_file(self):
+        """Creates the .pth file"""
+        filename = os.path.join(self.install_libbase,
+                                self.path_file + ".pth")
+        if self.install_path_file:
+            self.execute(write_file,
+                         (filename, [self.extra_dirs]),
+                         "creating %s" % filename)
+        else:
+            logger.warning('%s: path file %r not created',
+                           self.get_command_name(),  filename)
+
+    # -- Reporting methods ---------------------------------------------
+
+    def get_outputs(self):
+        """Assembles the outputs of all the sub-commands."""
+        outputs = []
+        for cmd_name in self.get_sub_commands():
+            cmd = self.get_finalized_command(cmd_name)
+            # Add the contents of cmd.get_outputs(), ensuring
+            # that outputs doesn't contain duplicate entries
+            for filename in cmd.get_outputs():
+                if filename not in outputs:
+                    outputs.append(filename)
+
+        if self.path_file and self.install_path_file:
+            outputs.append(os.path.join(self.install_libbase,
+                                        self.path_file + ".pth"))
+
+        return outputs
+
+    def get_inputs(self):
+        """Returns the inputs of all the sub-commands"""
+        # XXX gee, this looks familiar ;-(
+        inputs = []
+        for cmd_name in self.get_sub_commands():
+            cmd = self.get_finalized_command(cmd_name)
+            inputs.extend(cmd.get_inputs())
+
+        return inputs
+
+    # -- Predicates for sub-command list -------------------------------
+
+    def has_lib(self):
+        """Returns true if the current distribution has any Python
+        modules to install."""
+        return (self.distribution.has_pure_modules() or
+                self.distribution.has_ext_modules())
+
+    def has_headers(self):
+        """Returns true if the current distribution has any headers to
+        install."""
+        return self.distribution.has_headers()
+
+    def has_scripts(self):
+        """Returns true if the current distribution has any scripts to.
+        install."""
+        return self.distribution.has_scripts()
+
+    def has_data(self):
+        """Returns true if the current distribution has any data to.
+        install."""
+        return self.distribution.has_data_files()
+
+    # 'sub_commands': a list of commands this command might have to run to
+    # get its work done.  See cmd.py for more info.
+    sub_commands = [('install_lib', has_lib),
+                    ('install_headers', has_headers),
+                    ('install_scripts', has_scripts),
+                    ('install_data', has_data),
+                    # keep install_distinfo last, as it needs the record
+                    # with files to be completely generated
+                    ('install_distinfo', lambda self: not self.no_distinfo),
+                   ]