Basically a complete rewrite to support dealing with modules in whole
packages and searching for source files by 'package_dir'.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/build_py.py b/Lib/distutils/command/build_py.py
index 0bbe339..187e93b 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/build_py.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/build_py.py
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 __rcsid__ = "$Id$"
 
 import string, os
+from types import *
+from glob import glob
+
 from distutils.core import Command
 from distutils.errors import *
 from distutils.util import mkpath, newer, make_file, copy_file
@@ -22,15 +25,17 @@
         self.dir = None
         self.modules = None
         self.package = None
+        self.package_dir = None
 
     def set_final_options (self):
         self.set_undefined_options ('build',
                                     ('libdir', 'dir'))
-        # 'package' is an alias option in Distribution (hmmm, we
-        # really should change to "pull" options from Distribution
-        # rather than "pushing" them out to commands...)
-        if self.package is None:
-            self.package = ''
+
+        # Get the distribution options that are aliases for build_py
+        # options -- list of packages and list of modules.
+        self.packages = self.distribution.packages
+        self.modules = self.distribution.py_modules
+        self.package_dir = self.distribution.package_dir
 
 
     def run (self):
@@ -54,40 +59,196 @@
         outfiles = []
         missing = []
 
-        # Loop over the list of "pure Python" modules, deriving
-        # input and output filenames and checking for missing
-        # input files.
+        # Two options control which modules will be installed: 'packages'
+        # and 'modules'.  The former lets us work with whole packages, not
+        # specifying individual modules at all; the latter is for
+        # specifying modules one-at-a-time.  Currently they are mutually
+        # exclusive: you can define one or the other (or neither), but not
+        # both.  It remains to be seen how limiting this is.
 
-        # it's ok not to have *any* py files, right?
-        if not self.modules:
+        # Dispose of the two "unusual" cases first: no pure Python modules
+        # at all (no problem, just return silently), and over-specified
+        # 'packages' and 'modules' options.
+
+        if not self.modules and not self.packages:
             return
+        if self.modules and self.packages:
+            raise DistutilsOptionError, \
+                  "build_py: supplying both 'packages' and 'modules' " + \
+                  "options not allowed"
+
+        # Now we're down to two cases: 'modules' only and 'packages' only.
+        if self.modules:
+            self.build_modules ()
+        else:
+            self.build_packages ()
+
+
+    # run ()
         
-        # XXX we should allow for wildcards, so eg. the Distutils setup.py
-        # file would just have to say
-        #   py_modules = ['distutils.*', 'distutils.command.*']
-        # without having to list each one explicitly.
-        for m in self.modules:
-            fn = apply (os.path.join, tuple (string.split (m, '.'))) + '.py'
-            if not os.path.exists (fn):
-                missing.append (fn)
+
+    def get_package_dir (self, package):
+        """Return the directory, relative to the top of the source
+           distribution, where package 'package' should be found
+           (at least according to the 'package_dir' option, if any)."""
+
+        if type (package) is StringType:
+            path = string.split (package, '.')
+        elif type (package) in (TupleType, ListType):
+            path = list (path)
+        else:
+            raise TypeError, "'package' must be a string, list, or tuple"
+
+        if not self.package_dir:
+            return apply (os.path.join, path)
+        else:
+            tail = []
+            while path:
+                try:
+                    pdir = self.package_dir[string.join (path, '.')]
+                except KeyError:
+                    tail.insert (0, path[-1])
+                    del path[-1]
+                else:
+                    tail.insert (0, pdir)
+                    return apply (os.path.join, tail)
             else:
-                infiles.append (fn)
-                outfiles.append (os.path.join (self.dir, self.package, fn))
+                # arg! everything failed, we might as well have not even
+                # looked in package_dir -- oh well
+                return apply (os.path.join, tail)
 
-        # Blow up if any input files were not found.
-        if missing:
-            raise DistutilsFileError, \
-                  "missing files: " + string.join (missing, ' ')
+    # get_package_dir ()
 
-        # Loop over the list of input files, copying them to their
-        # temporary (build) destination.
-        created = {}
-        for i in range (len (infiles)):
-            outdir = os.path.split (outfiles[i])[0]
-            if not created.get(outdir):
-                self.mkpath (outdir)
-                created[outdir] = 1
 
-            self.copy_file (infiles[i], outfiles[i])
+    def check_package (self, package, package_dir):
+
+        # Empty dir name means current directory, which we can probably
+        # assume exists.  Also, os.path.exists and isdir don't know about
+        # my "empty string means current dir" convention, so we have to
+        # circumvent them.
+        if package_dir != "":
+            if not os.path.exists (package_dir):
+                raise DistutilsFileError, \
+                      "package directory '%s' does not exist" % package_dir
+            if not os.path.isdir (package_dir):
+                raise DistutilsFileErorr, \
+                      ("supposed package directory '%s' exists, " +
+                       "but is not a directory") % package_dir
+
+        # Require __init__.py for all but the "root package"
+        if package != "":
+            init_py = os.path.join (package_dir, "__init__.py")
+            if not os.path.isfile (init_py):
+                self.warn (("package init file '%s' not found " +
+                            "(or not a regular file)") % init_py)
+    # check_package ()
+
+
+    def check_module (self, module, module_file):
+        if not os.path.isfile (module_file):
+            self.warn ("file %s (for module %s) not found" %
+                       module_file, module)
+            return 0
+        else:
+            return 1
+
+    # check_module ()
+
+
+    def find_modules (self, package, package_dir):
+        module_files = glob (os.path.join (package_dir, "*.py"))
+        module_pairs = []
+        for f in module_files:
+            module = os.path.splitext (os.path.basename (f))[0]
+            module_pairs.append (module, f)
+        return module_pairs
+
+
+    def build_module (self, module, module_file, package):
+
+        if type (package) is StringType:
+            package = string.split (package, '.')
+
+        # Now put the module source file into the "build" area -- this
+        # is easy, we just copy it somewhere under self.dir (the build
+        # directory for Python source).
+        outfile_path = package
+        outfile_path.append (module + ".py")
+        outfile_path.insert (0, self.dir)
+        outfile = apply (os.path.join, outfile_path)
+
+        dir = os.path.dirname (outfile)
+        self.mkpath (dir)
+        self.copy_file (module_file, outfile)
+
+
+    def build_modules (self):
+
+        # Map package names to tuples of useful info about the package:
+        #    (package_dir, checked)
+        # package_dir - the directory where we'll find source files for
+        #   this package
+        # checked - true if we have checked that the package directory
+        #   is valid (exists, contains __init__.py, ... ?)
+
+
+        packages = {}
+
+        # We treat modules-in-packages almost the same as toplevel modules,
+        # just the "package" for a toplevel is empty (either an empty
+        # string or empty list, depending on context).  Differences:
+        #   - don't check for __init__.py in directory for empty package
+
+        for module in self.modules:
+            path = string.split (module, '.')
+            package = tuple (path[0:-1])
+            module = path[-1]
+
+            try:
+                (package_dir, checked) = packages[package]
+            except KeyError:
+                package_dir = self.get_package_dir (package)
+                checked = 0
+
+            if not checked:
+                self.check_package (package, package_dir)
+                packages[package] = (package_dir, 1)
+
+            # XXX perhaps we should also check for just .pyc files
+            # (so greedy closed-source bastards can distribute Python
+            # modules too)
+            module_file = os.path.join (package_dir, module + ".py")
+            if not self.check_module (module, module_file):
+                continue
+
+            # Now "build" the module -- ie. copy the source file to
+            # self.dir (the build directory for Python source).  (Actually,
+            # it gets copied to the directory for this package under
+            # self.dir.)
+            self.build_module (module, module_file, package)
+
+    # build_modules ()
+
+
+    def build_packages (self):
+
+        for package in self.packages:
+            package_dir = self.get_package_dir (package)
+            self.check_package (package, package_dir)
+
+            # Get list of (module, module_file) tuples based on scanning
+            # the package directory.  Here, 'module' is the *unqualified*
+            # module name (ie. no dots, no package -- we already know its
+            # package!), and module_file is the path to the .py file,
+            # relative to the current directory (ie. including
+            # 'package_dir').
+            modules = self.find_modules (package, package_dir)
+
+            # Now loop over the modules we found, "building" each one (just
+            # copy it to self.dir).
+            for (module, module_file) in modules:
+                self.build_module (module, module_file, package)
+
+    # build_packages ()
                        
 # end class BuildPy