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-rw-r--r--changelog.d/1985.change.rst1
-rw-r--r--setuptools/command/install_scripts.py7
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/changelog.d/1985.change.rst b/changelog.d/1985.change.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33698b88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/1985.change.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add support for installing scripts in environments where bdist_wininst is missing (i.e. Python 3.9).
diff --git a/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py b/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py
index 16234273..8c9a15e2 100644
--- a/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py
@@ -32,8 +32,11 @@ class install_scripts(orig.install_scripts):
)
bs_cmd = self.get_finalized_command('build_scripts')
exec_param = getattr(bs_cmd, 'executable', None)
- bw_cmd = self.get_finalized_command("bdist_wininst")
- is_wininst = getattr(bw_cmd, '_is_running', False)
+ try:
+ bw_cmd = self.get_finalized_command("bdist_wininst")
+ is_wininst = getattr(bw_cmd, '_is_running', False)
+ except ImportError:
+ is_wininst = False
writer = ei.ScriptWriter
if is_wininst:
exec_param = "python.exe"