Index: Lib/distutils/command/build_scripts.py
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/distutils/command/build_scripts.py,v
retrieving revision 1.22
diff -u -d -r1.22 build_scripts.py
--- Lib/distutils/command/build_scripts.py	25 Mar 2004 22:04:51 -0000	1.22
+++ Lib/distutils/command/build_scripts.py	21 Jun 2004 16:22:42 -0000
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@
     user_options = [
         ('build-dir=', 'd', "directory to \"build\" (copy) to"),
         ('force', 'f', "forcibly build everything (ignore file timestamps"),
+        ('strip-extensions', None, "strip script extensions on Unix"),
         ]
 
-    boolean_options = ['force']
+    boolean_options = ['force', 'strip-extensions']
 
 
     def initialize_options (self):
@@ -34,12 +35,15 @@
         self.scripts = None
         self.force = None
         self.outfiles = None
+        self.strip_extensions = 0
 
     def finalize_options (self):
         self.set_undefined_options('build',
                                    ('build_scripts', 'build_dir'),
                                    ('force', 'force'))
         self.scripts = self.distribution.scripts
+        if os.name != "posix" or sys.platform == "darwin":
+            self.strip_extensions = 0
 
     def get_source_files(self):
         return self.scripts
@@ -49,7 +53,6 @@
             return
         self.copy_scripts()
 
-
     def copy_scripts (self):
         """Copy each script listed in 'self.scripts'; if it's marked as a
         Python script in the Unix way (first line matches 'first_line_re',
@@ -61,7 +64,10 @@
         for script in self.scripts:
             adjust = 0
             script = convert_path(script)
-            outfile = os.path.join(self.build_dir, os.path.basename(script))
+            filename = os.path.basename(script)
+            if self.strip_extensions:
+                filename = os.path.splitext(filename)[0]
+            outfile = os.path.join(self.build_dir, filename)
             outfiles.append(outfile)
 
             if not self.force and not newer(script, outfile):
Index: Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_scripts.py
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_scripts.py,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -d -r1.1 test_build_scripts.py
--- Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_scripts.py	21 Jun 2004 16:15:22 -0000	1.1
+++ Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_scripts.py	21 Jun 2004 16:22:42 -0000
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Tests for distutils.command.build_scripts."""
 
 import os
+import sys
 import unittest
 
 from distutils.command.build_scripts import build_scripts
@@ -36,6 +37,24 @@
         for name in expected:
             self.assert_(name in built)
 
+    def test_build_without_extensions(self):
+        source = self.mkdtemp()
+        target = self.mkdtemp()
+        expected = self.write_sample_scripts(source)
+
+        cmd = self.get_build_scripts_cmd(target,
+                                         [os.path.join(source, fn)
+                                          for fn in expected])
+        cmd.strip_extensions = 1
+        cmd.finalize_options()
+        cmd.run()
+
+        built = os.listdir(target)
+        if os.name == "posix" and sys.platform != "darwin":
+            expected = [os.path.splitext(fn)[0] for fn in expected]
+        for name in expected:
+            self.assert_(name in built)
+
     def get_build_scripts_cmd(self, target, scripts):
         dist = Distribution()
         dist.scripts = scripts