setup.py shouldn't fail if protoc path contains whitespace.
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 3ae8fd9..f9b890e 100755
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
from distutils.spawn import find_executable
import sys
import os
+import subprocess
maintainer_email = "protobuf@googlegroups.com"
@@ -42,8 +43,8 @@
"or install the binary package.\n")
sys.exit(-1)
- protoc_command = protoc + " -I../src -I. --python_out=. " + source
- if os.system(protoc_command) != 0:
+ protoc_command = [ protoc, "-I../src", "-I.", "--python_out=.", source ]
+ if subprocess.call(protoc_command) != 0:
sys.exit(-1)
def MakeTestSuite():
