> Here is an updated version of the patch which simply removes some  
> dead code and updates a URL:
>
> regards,
>
> Zooko
>
> diff -rN -u old-up/setuptools-0.6c7/ez_setup.py new-up/ 
> setuptools-0.6c7/ez_setup.py
> --- old-up/setuptools-0.6c7/ez_setup.py	2007-09-28  
> 16:41:24.000000000 -0600
> +++ new-up/setuptools-0.6c7/ez_setup.py	2007-09-28  
> 16:41:25.000000000 -0600

Oops, the in-lined patch contents were a different patch entirely,  
but the attached patch file was correct.

Just for completeness, here is the correct in-lined patch contents:

Index: Lib/trace.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/trace.py	(revision 58282)
+++ Lib/trace.py	(working copy)
@@ -85,7 +85,12 @@
-r, --report          Generate a report from a counts file; do not  
execute
                        any code.  `--file' must specify the results  
file to
                        read, which must have been created in a  
previous run
-                      with `--count --file=FILE'.
+                      with `--count --file=FILE'.  If --coverdir is not
+                      specified, the .cover files will be written  
into the
+                      directory that the modules were in when the  
report was
+                      generated.  Whether or not --coverdir is  
specified,
+                      --report will always create the cover file  
directory if
+                      necessary.
Modifiers:
-f, --file=<file>     File to accumulate counts over several runs.
@@ -197,6 +202,33 @@
      filename, ext = os.path.splitext(base)
      return filename
+# The following function is copied from the fileutil module from the  
pyutil
+# project:
+# http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyutil
+# We use this function instead of os.makedirs() so that we don't get a
+# spurious exception when someone else creates the directory at the  
same
+# moment we do.  (For example, another thread or process that is  
also running
+# trace.)
+def make_dirs(dirname, mode=0777):
+    """
+    A threadsafe and idempotent version of os.makedirs().  If the  
dir already
+    exists, do nothing and return without raising an exception.  If  
this call
+    creates the dir, return without raising an exception.  If there  
is an
+    error that prevents creation or if the directory gets deleted after
+    make_dirs() creates it and before make_dirs() checks that it  
exists, raise
+    an exception.
+    """
+    tx = None
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(dirname, mode)
+    except OSError, x:
+        tx = x
+
+    if not os.path.isdir(dirname):
+        if tx:
+            raise tx
+        raise exceptions.IOError, "unknown error prevented creation  
of directory, or deleted the directory immediately after creation: % 
s" % dirname # careful not to construct an IOError with a 2-tuple, as  
that has a special meaning...
+
class CoverageResults:
      def __init__(self, counts=None, calledfuncs=None, infile=None,
                   callers=None, outfile=None):
@@ -290,15 +322,15 @@
              if filename.endswith((".pyc", ".pyo")):
                  filename = filename[:-1]
-            if coverdir is None:
+            if coverdir is not None:
+                dir = coverdir
+                modulename = fullmodname(filename)
+            else:
                  dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(filename))
                  modulename = modname(filename)
-            else:
-                dir = coverdir
-                if not os.path.exists(dir):
-                    os.makedirs(dir)
-                modulename = fullmodname(filename)
+            make_dirs(dir)
+
              # If desired, get a list of the line numbers which  
represent
              # executable content (returned as a dict for better  
lookup speed)
              if show_missing: