Fall back to distutils install rather than failing.

jaraco · jaraco · commit 0dc924ad325e · 2025-04-30T08:57:14.000-04:00
Closes #3143
diff --git a/newsfragments/3143.bugfix.rst b/newsfragments/3143.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+With ``setup.py install --prefix=...``, fall back to distutils install rather than failing. Note that running ``setup.py install`` is deprecated.
diff --git a/setuptools/command/install.py b/setuptools/command/install.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def run(self):
             # Run in backward-compatibility mode to support bdist_* commands.
             super().run()
         else:
-            self.do_egg_install()
+            super().run()
 
         return None
 

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	`1`	+With ``setup.py install --prefix=...``, fall back to distutils install rather than failing. Note that running ``setup.py install`` is deprecated.