added --noexts option for setup.py to avoid trying to build the C extensions

HISTORY.rst

@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 History
 -------
 
+?.?.? (????-??-??)
+++++++++++++++++++
+
+* Added --noexts option for setup.py to avoid trying to build the C extensions
+
 0.2.2 (2014-03-27)
 ++++++++++++++++++
 

README.rst

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ fuzzysearch is useful for finding approximate subsequence matches
 * Free software: `MIT license <LICENSE>`_
 * Documentation: http://fuzzysearch.rtfd.org.
 
+Installation
+------------
+Just install using pip::
+
+    $ pip install fuzzysearch
+
 Features
 --------
 

docs/installation.rst

@@ -4,9 +4,15 @@ Installation
 
 At the command line::
 
-    $ easy_install fuzzysearch
+    $ pip install fuzzysearch
 
 Or, if you have virtualenvwrapper installed::
 
     $ mkvirtualenv fuzzysearch
-    $ pip install fuzzysearch
+    $ pip install fuzzysearch
+
+Installation should succeed even if building the C extensions fails. If not,
+you can force the installation to skip building the extensions::
+
+    $ pip install fuzzysearch --noexts
+

setup.py

@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@ from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext
 from distutils.errors import CCompilerError, DistutilsExecError, \
      DistutilsPlatformError
 
-if sys.argv[-1] == 'publish':
-    os.system('python setup.py sdist upload')
-    sys.exit()
+# --noexts: don't try building the C extensions
+if '--noexts' in sys.argv[1:]:
+    del sys.argv[sys.argv[1:].index('--noexts') + 1]
+    noexts = True
+else:
+    noexts = False
+
 
 def readfile(file_path):
     dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
@@ -151,7 +155,7 @@ def try_building_extension():
         echo(line)
 
 
-if not (is_pypy or is_jython):
+if not (noexts or is_pypy or is_jython):
     try_building_extension()
 else:
     run_setup(False)