Check setup.py config by installing a package to a temp virtualenv

gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/bash

function check_setuppy_exists() {
    if [ ! -e setup.py ]; then
        echo "missing setup.py, aborting";
        exit 1;
    fi
}

function create_virtualenv() {
    echo "creating virtualenv in $1"
    virtualenv $1 > /dev/null
}

function activate_virtualenv() {
    echo "activating virtualenv in $1"
    source $1/bin/activate > /dev/null
}

TMPDIR=$HOME/Temporary
ENVDIR=$TMPDIR/distenv

rm -fr $ENVDIR
check_setuppy_exists
create_virtualenv $ENVDIR
activate_virtualenv $ENVDIR

echo "building source distribution"
# runs python setup.py sdist and captures dist file
python setup.py clean > /dev/null
DISTFILE="$(python setup.py sdist | grep gzip | cut -d '/' -f2).gz"

echo "trying to install with easy_install"
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------"
easy_install dist/$DISTFILE