add support for global distutils options

pip/commands/install.py

@@ -123,6 +123,14 @@ class InstallCommand(Command):
             "Use multiple --install-option options to pass multiple options to setup.py install.  "
             "If you are using an option with a directory path, be sure to use absolute path.")
 
+        self.parser.add_option(
+            '--global-option',
+            dest='global_options',
+            action='append',
+            help="Extra global options to be supplied to the setup.py"
+            "call before the install command"
+        )
+
     def run(self, options, args):
         if not options.build_dir:
             options.build_dir = build_prefix
@@ -134,6 +142,7 @@ class InstallCommand(Command):
         options.build_dir = os.path.abspath(options.build_dir)
         options.src_dir = os.path.abspath(options.src_dir)
         install_options = options.install_options or []
+        global_options = options.global_options or []
         index_urls = [options.index_url] + options.extra_index_urls
         if options.no_index:
             logger.notify('Ignoring indexes: %s' % ','.join(index_urls))
@@ -163,7 +172,7 @@ class InstallCommand(Command):
         else:
             requirement_set.locate_files()
         if not options.no_install and not self.bundle:
-            requirement_set.install(install_options)
+            requirement_set.install(install_options, global_options)
             installed = ' '.join([req.name for req in
                                   requirement_set.successfully_installed])
             if installed:

pip/req.py

@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ execfile(__file__)
         name = name.replace(os.path.sep, '/')
         return name
 
-    def install(self, install_options):
+    def install(self, install_options, global_options=()):
         if self.editable:
             self.install_editable()
             return
@@ -525,9 +525,14 @@ execfile(__file__)
         record_filename = os.path.join(temp_location, 'install-record.txt')
         try:
 
-            install_args = [sys.executable, '-c',
-                            "import setuptools; __file__=%r; execfile(%r)" % (self.setup_py, self.setup_py),
-                            'install', '--single-version-externally-managed', '--record', record_filename]
+            install_args = [
+                sys.executable, '-c',
+                "import setuptools;__file__=%r;execfile(__file__)" % self.setup_py
+            ] + list(global_options) + [
+                'install',
+                '--single-version-externally-managed',
+                '--record', record_filename,
+            ]
 
             if in_venv():
                 ## FIXME: I'm not sure if this is a reasonable location; probably not
@@ -542,6 +547,9 @@ execfile(__file__)
                     cwd=self.source_dir, filter_stdout=self._filter_install, show_stdout=False)
             finally:
                 logger.indent -= 2
+            if not os.path.exists(record_filename):
+                logger.notify('Record file %s not found' % record_filename)
+                return
             self.install_succeeded = True
             f = open(record_filename)
             for line in f:
@@ -1224,7 +1232,7 @@ class RequirementSet(object):
         finally:
             tar.close()
 
-    def install(self, install_options):
+    def install(self, install_options, global_options=()):
         """Install everything in this set (after having downloaded and unpacked the packages)"""
         to_install = sorted([r for r in self.requirements.values()
                              if self.upgrade or not r.satisfied_by],
@@ -1243,7 +1251,7 @@ class RequirementSet(object):
                     finally:
                         logger.indent -= 2
                 try:
-                    requirement.install(install_options)
+                    requirement.install(install_options, global_options)
                 except:
                     # if install did not succeed, rollback previous uninstall
                     if requirement.conflicts_with and not requirement.install_succeeded:

tests/test_basic.py

@@ -250,3 +250,15 @@ def test_install_pardir():
     result = run_pip('install', pardir, cwd=run_from, expect_error=False)
     assert (env.site_packages/'fspkg') in result.files_created, str(result.stdout)
     assert (env.site_packages/'FSPkg-0.1dev-py%s.egg-info' % pyversion) in result.files_created, str(result)
+
+
+def test_install_global_option():
+    """
+    test using global distutils options.
+
+    in particular those that disable the actual install action\
+
+    """
+    reset_env()
+    result = run_pip('install', '--global-option=--version', "INITools==0.1")
+    assert '0.1\n' in result.stdout