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-rw-r--r--Lib/distutils/command/install_data.py3
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/install_data.py b/Lib/distutils/command/install_data.py
index 1069830fb3..a95194426b 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/install_data.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/install_data.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ platform-independent data files."""
__revision__ = "$Id$"
import os
-from types import StringType
from distutils.core import Command
from distutils.util import change_root, convert_path
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ class install_data (Command):
def run (self):
self.mkpath(self.install_dir)
for f in self.data_files:
- if type(f) is StringType:
+ if isinstance(f, basestring):
# it's a simple file, so copy it
f = convert_path(f)
if self.warn_dir: