from distutils.command.bdist import bdist import sys if 'egg' not in bdist.format_commands: try: bdist.format_commands['egg'] = ('bdist_egg', "Python .egg file") except TypeError: # For backward compatibility with older distutils (stdlib) bdist.format_command['egg'] = ('bdist_egg', "Python .egg file") bdist.format_commands.append('egg') del bdist, sys