[Distutils] Jython support?

[Andrew Kuchling]

On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 07:02:24AM -0700, R Datta wrote:
>Is there distutil support for jython? i tried to install it, but of course 
>setup.py wouldn't run because distutils module wasnt there :) Chicken n egg.

It may not run, but it shouldn't be because the distutils code is
inaccessible.  When you download the Distutils standalone distribution
and run the setup.py, it should be importing the distutils package
from the current directory.

When I try running the setup.py with jython it fails, but with an
exception:

AttributeError: class 'org.python.modules.os' has no attribute 'utime'

Presumably Java's lowest-common-denominator portability doesn't
support os.utime().  Patches to make the code work with Jython would
be welcome.

--amk