distutils byte-compiling error in python 2

Question

I have a package that can be installed in python 3 using a distutils based setup.py with the command

python setup.py install

but gives a SyntaxError in python 2. Is there a way to skip the byte-compilation of this particular module or try to catch the SyntaxError exception (using try/except pass did not work)? I would like to have the package installed in python 2 and it does not matter that this module in the package will not work.

byte-compiling ../
    a, b, *c = d
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

That particular syntax is not valid in Python 2 so you need to find a way to exclude the module or disable the byte compilation. — Simeon Visser
– Simeon Visser, Commented Sep 20, 2014 at 0:02

gypaetus · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-26 14:15:13Z

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The temporary solution was to skip writing of bytecode files with the -B option.

python -B setup.py install

answered Sep 26, 2014 at 14:15

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