Tweaked 'byte_compile()' so it silently skips non-Python files, rather than
blowing up.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/util.py b/Lib/distutils/util.py
index 0323484..563e47c 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/util.py
@@ -297,9 +297,10 @@
prefix=None, base_dir=None,
verbose=1, dry_run=0,
direct=None):
- """Byte-compile a collection of Python source files to either
- .pyc or .pyo files in the same directory. 'optimize' must be
- one of the following:
+ """Byte-compile a collection of Python source files to either .pyc
+ or .pyo files in the same directory. 'py_files' is a list of files
+ to compile; any files that don't end in ".py" are silently skipped.
+ 'optimize' must be one of the following:
0 - don't optimize (generate .pyc)
1 - normal optimization (like "python -O")
2 - extra optimization (like "python -OO")
@@ -378,8 +379,9 @@
for file in py_files:
if file[-3:] != ".py":
- raise ValueError, \
- "invalid filename: %s doesn't end with '.py'" % `file`
+ # This lets us be lazy and not filter filenames in
+ # the "install_lib" command.
+ continue
# Terminology from the py_compile module:
# cfile - byte-compiled file