"package directory 'ext' does not exist" error with 25.1.0
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I don't know if this is a PyPy v5.3.1 issue or not, but when I extract setuptools-25.0.1.tar.gz to a local directory and run the setup.py script inside of the directory under Ubuntu 16.04, I get this:
running install
running bdist_egg
running egg_info
writing setuptools.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing dependency_links to setuptools.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing entry points to setuptools.egg-info/entry_points.txt
writing requirements to setuptools.egg-info/requires.txt
writing top-level names to setuptools.egg-info
error: package directory 'ext' does not exist
I tried an older version (setuptools-24.3.1.tar.gz) and did not get any error messages. I don't know if this is with the 25.x branch or not, but I wanted to let you know.
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Reproduce the failure by extracting setuptools-25.0.1.tar.gz and running its setup.py under Ubuntu 16.04, then compare the result with setuptools-24.3.1.tar.gz. Inspect how the source archive refers to the missing ext package directory; done means the affected archive installs without the reported error.
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