ez_setup.py invalid syntax - python 2.4

[ghost]

Originally reported by: behackett (Bitbucket: behackett, GitHub: behackett)

---

#!python

$ sudo python2.4 ez_setup.py 
  File "ez_setup.py", line 176
    finally:
          ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Probably just a recent oversight, but you can't combine except and finally in 2.4.

---

• Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/issue/72

[ghost]

Original comment by jaraco (Bitbucket: jaraco, GitHub: jaraco):

---

Nest try/except/finally for use on Python 2.4. Fixes #72.

[ghost]

Original comment by jaraco (Bitbucket: jaraco, GitHub: jaraco):

---

Thanks for the report.

[ghost]

Original comment by behackett (Bitbucket: behackett, GitHub: behackett):

---

Thanks for resolving it so quickly.