+#----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# patch distutils if it can't cope with the "classifiers" or
+# "download_url" keywords
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if sys.version < '2.2.3':
+ from distutils.dist import DistributionMetadata
+ DistributionMetadata.classifiers = None
+ DistributionMetadata.download_url = None
+ depends = {}
+else:
+ depends = {'depends' : depends}
+
+