diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/install_py.py b/Lib/distutils/command/install_py.py
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-# created 1999/03/13, Greg Ward
-
-__revision__ = "$Id$"
-
-import sys, string
-from distutils.core import Command
-from distutils.util import copy_tree
-
-class install_py (Command):
-
-    description = "install pure Python modules"
-
-    user_options = [
-        ('install-dir=', 'd', "directory to install to"),
-        ('build-dir=','b', "build directory (where to install from)"),
-        ('compile', 'c', "compile .py to .pyc"),
-        ('optimize', 'o', "compile .py to .pyo (optimized)"),
-        ]
-               
-
-    def initialize_options (self):
-        # let the 'install' command dictate our installation directory
-        self.install_dir = None
-        self.build_dir = None
-        self.compile = 1
-        self.optimize = 1
-
-    def finalize_options (self):
-
-        # Get all the information we need to install pure Python modules
-        # from the umbrella 'install' command -- build (source) directory,
-        # install (target) directory, and whether to compile .py files.
-        self.set_undefined_options ('install',
-                                    ('build_lib', 'build_dir'),
-                                    ('install_lib', 'install_dir'),
-                                    ('compile_py', 'compile'),
-                                    ('optimize_py', 'optimize'))
-
-
-    def run (self):
-
-        # Make sure we have "built" all pure Python modules first
-        self.run_peer ('build_py')
-
-        # Install everything: simply dump the entire contents of the build
-        # directory to the installation directory (that's the beauty of
-        # having a build directory!)
-        outfiles = self.copy_tree (self.build_dir, self.install_dir)
-                   
-        # (Optionally) compile .py to .pyc
-        # XXX hey! we can't control whether we optimize or not; that's up
-        # to the invocation of the current Python interpreter (at least
-        # according to the py_compile docs).  That sucks.
-
-        if self.compile:
-            from py_compile import compile
-
-            for f in outfiles:
-                # XXX can't assume this filename mapping! (what if
-                # we're running under "python -O"?)
-
-                # only compile the file if it is actually a .py file
-                if f[-3:] == '.py':
-                    out_fn = string.replace (f, '.py', '.pyc')
-                    
-                    self.make_file (f, out_fn, compile, (f,),
-                                    "byte-compiling %s" % f,
-                                    "byte-compilation of %s skipped" % f)
-                    
-        # XXX ignore self.optimize for now, since we don't really know if
-        # we're compiling optimally or not, and couldn't pick what to do
-        # even if we did know.  ;-(
-
-    # run ()
-
-# class InstallPy