Merge pull request pypa#259 from msabramo/fix-setup.py-test-atexit-error

Hack to prevent stupid "TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable" error on exit of `python setup.py test`
dholth · May 1, 2012 · b8249d0 · b8249d0
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@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@
 long_description += "\n\n" + f.read()
 f.close()
 
+
+# Hack to prevent stupid TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable error on
+# exit of python setup.py test # in multiprocessing/util.py _exit_function when
+# running python setup.py test (see
+# http://www.eby-sarna.com/pipermail/peak/2010-May/003357.html)
+try:
+    import multiprocessing
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
 setup(name='virtualenv',
       # If you change the version here, change it in virtualenv.py and
       # docs/conf.py as well