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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+#
+# See README for usage instructions.
+import glob
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+# We must use setuptools, not distutils, because we need to use the
+# namespace_packages option for the "google" package.
+from setuptools import setup, Extension, find_packages
+
+from distutils.command.clean import clean as _clean
+
+if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
+  # Python 3
+  from distutils.command.build_py import build_py_2to3 as _build_py
+else:
+  # Python 2
+  from distutils.command.build_py import build_py as _build_py
+from distutils.spawn import find_executable
+
+# Find the Protocol Compiler.
+if 'PROTOC' in os.environ and os.path.exists(os.environ['PROTOC']):
+  protoc = os.environ['PROTOC']
+elif os.path.exists("../src/protoc"):
+  protoc = "../src/protoc"
+elif os.path.exists("../src/protoc.exe"):
+  protoc = "../src/protoc.exe"
+elif os.path.exists("../vsprojects/Debug/protoc.exe"):
+  protoc = "../vsprojects/Debug/protoc.exe"
+elif os.path.exists("../vsprojects/Release/protoc.exe"):
+  protoc = "../vsprojects/Release/protoc.exe"
+else:
+  protoc = find_executable("protoc")
+
+
+def GetVersion():
+  """Gets the version from google/protobuf/__init__.py
+
+  Do not import google.protobuf.__init__ directly, because an installed
+  protobuf library may be loaded instead."""
+
+  with open(os.path.join('google', 'protobuf', '__init__.py')) as version_file:
+    exec(version_file.read(), globals())
+    return __version__
+
+
+def generate_proto(source, require = True):
+  """Invokes the Protocol Compiler to generate a _pb2.py from the given
+  .proto file.  Does nothing if the output already exists and is newer than
+  the input."""
+
+  if not require and not os.path.exists(source):
+    return
+
+  output = source.replace(".proto", "_pb2.py").replace("../src/", "")
+
+  if (not os.path.exists(output) or
+      (os.path.exists(source) and
+       os.path.getmtime(source) > os.path.getmtime(output))):
+    print("Generating %s..." % output)
+
+    if not os.path.exists(source):
+      sys.stderr.write("Can't find required file: %s\n" % source)
+      sys.exit(-1)
+
+    if protoc is None:
+      sys.stderr.write(
+          "protoc is not installed nor found in ../src.  Please compile it "
+          "or install the binary package.\n")
+      sys.exit(-1)
+
+    protoc_command = [ protoc, "-I../src", "-I.", "--python_out=.", source ]
+    if subprocess.call(protoc_command) != 0:
+      sys.exit(-1)
+
+def GenerateUnittestProtos():
+  generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/map_unittest.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/unittest_arena.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/unittest_no_arena.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/unittest_no_arena_import.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/unittest.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/unittest_custom_options.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/unittest_import.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/unittest_import_public.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/unittest_mset.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/unittest_mset_wire_format.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/unittest_no_generic_services.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/unittest_proto3_arena.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/util/json_format_proto3.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("google/protobuf/internal/any_test.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("google/protobuf/internal/descriptor_pool_test1.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("google/protobuf/internal/descriptor_pool_test2.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("google/protobuf/internal/factory_test1.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("google/protobuf/internal/factory_test2.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("google/protobuf/internal/import_test_package/inner.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("google/protobuf/internal/import_test_package/outer.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("google/protobuf/internal/missing_enum_values.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("google/protobuf/internal/message_set_extensions.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("google/protobuf/internal/more_extensions.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("google/protobuf/internal/more_extensions_dynamic.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("google/protobuf/internal/more_messages.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("google/protobuf/internal/packed_field_test.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("google/protobuf/internal/test_bad_identifiers.proto", False)
+  generate_proto("google/protobuf/pyext/python.proto", False)
+
+
+class clean(_clean):
+  def run(self):
+    # Delete generated files in the code tree.
+    for (dirpath, dirnames, filenames) in os.walk("."):
+      for filename in filenames:
+        filepath = os.path.join(dirpath, filename)
+        if filepath.endswith("_pb2.py") or filepath.endswith(".pyc") or \
+          filepath.endswith(".so") or filepath.endswith(".o") or \
+          filepath.endswith('google/protobuf/compiler/__init__.py') or \
+          filepath.endswith('google/protobuf/util/__init__.py'):
+          os.remove(filepath)
+    # _clean is an old-style class, so super() doesn't work.
+    _clean.run(self)
+
+class build_py(_build_py):
+  def run(self):
+    # Generate necessary .proto file if it doesn't exist.
+    generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/descriptor.proto")
+    generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/compiler/plugin.proto")
+    generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/any.proto")
+    generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/api.proto")
+    generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/duration.proto")
+    generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/empty.proto")
+    generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/field_mask.proto")
+    generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/source_context.proto")
+    generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/struct.proto")
+    generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/timestamp.proto")
+    generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/type.proto")
+    generate_proto("../src/google/protobuf/wrappers.proto")
+    GenerateUnittestProtos()
+
+    # Make sure google.protobuf/** are valid packages.
+    for path in ['', 'internal/', 'compiler/', 'pyext/', 'util/']:
+      try:
+        open('google/protobuf/%s__init__.py' % path, 'a').close()
+      except EnvironmentError:
+        pass
+    # _build_py is an old-style class, so super() doesn't work.
+    _build_py.run(self)
+
+class test_conformance(_build_py):
+  target = 'test_python'
+  def run(self):
+    if sys.version_info >= (2, 7):
+      # Python 2.6 dodges these extra failures.
+      os.environ["CONFORMANCE_PYTHON_EXTRA_FAILURES"] = (
+          "--failure_list failure_list_python-post26.txt")
+    cmd = 'cd ../conformance && make %s' % (test_conformance.target)
+    status = subprocess.check_call(cmd, shell=True)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  ext_module_list = []
+  cpp_impl = '--cpp_implementation'
+  warnings_as_errors = '--warnings_as_errors'
+  if cpp_impl in sys.argv:
+    sys.argv.remove(cpp_impl)
+    extra_compile_args = ['-Wno-write-strings', '-Wno-invalid-offsetof']
+    test_conformance.target = 'test_python_cpp'
+
+    if "clang" in os.popen('$CC --version 2> /dev/null').read():
+      extra_compile_args.append('-Wno-shorten-64-to-32')
+
+    if warnings_as_errors in sys.argv:
+      extra_compile_args.append('-Werror')
+      sys.argv.remove(warnings_as_errors)
+
+    # C++ implementation extension
+    ext_module_list.append(
+        Extension(
+            "google.protobuf.pyext._message",
+            glob.glob('google/protobuf/pyext/*.cc'),
+            include_dirs=[".", "../src"],
+            libraries=['protobuf'],
+            library_dirs=['../src/.libs'],
+            extra_compile_args=extra_compile_args,
+        )
+    )
+    os.environ['PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION'] = 'cpp'
+
+  # Keep this list of dependencies in sync with tox.ini.
+  install_requires = ['six>=1.9', 'setuptools']
+  if sys.version_info <= (2,7):
+    install_requires.append('ordereddict')
+    install_requires.append('unittest2')
+
+  setup(
+      name='protobuf',
+      version=GetVersion(),
+      description='Protocol Buffers',
+      long_description="Protocol Buffers are Google's data interchange format",
+      url='https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/',
+      maintainer='protobuf@googlegroups.com',
+      maintainer_email='protobuf@googlegroups.com',
+      license='New BSD License',
+      classifiers=[
+        "Programming Language :: Python",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 2",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4",
+        ],
+      namespace_packages=['google'],
+      packages=find_packages(
+          exclude=[
+              'import_test_package',
+          ],
+      ),
+      test_suite='google.protobuf.internal',
+      cmdclass={
+          'clean': clean,
+          'build_py': build_py,
+          'test_conformance': test_conformance,
+      },
+      install_requires=install_requires,
+      ext_modules=ext_module_list,
+  )