[Distutils] setuptools bug: broken simlinks break setup()

[Andrew Straw]

OK, I attach a fairly minimal python package. It builds fine normally.
Now, if you add a broken symlink in the source tree, it fails to build.
For example, "ln -s /broken broken.symlink" in the same directory as
setup.py.

Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> At 12:23 PM 6/25/2007 -0700, Andrew Straw wrote:
>> In setuptools 0.6c5, a broken symlink in the package tree will cause
>> 'setup develop' to fail, even in the file is inconsequential for the
>> package. I think this is a bug.
>>
>> Here is the output of running "python setup.py develop" in a package
>> called flydra with a broken symlink called broken.symlink:
>>
>> running develop
>> running egg_info
>> writing flydra.egg-info/PKG-INFO
>> writing top-level names to flydra.egg-info/top_level.txt
>> writing dependency_links to flydra.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
>> writing entry points to flydra.egg-info/entry_points.txt
>> error: broken.symlink: No such file or directory
>>
>> (I would try this using setuptools==dev, but it seems svn.python.org is
>> down, or at least my connection to it.)
> 
> Uh, where is this broken symlink exactly, and what does it point to? 
> What is the contents of your setup.py?  IOW, a minimal data set for
> reproducing the error would be helpful, as right now I don't have any
> idea where to begin looking for this.
> 

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