import textwrap def build_namespace_package(tmpdir, name): src_dir = tmpdir / name src_dir.mkdir() setup_py = src_dir / 'setup.py' namespace, sep, rest = name.partition('.') script = textwrap.dedent(""" import setuptools setuptools.setup( name={name!r}, version="1.0", namespace_packages=[{namespace!r}], packages=[{namespace!r}], ) """).format(**locals()) setup_py.write_text(script, encoding='utf-8') ns_pkg_dir = src_dir / namespace ns_pkg_dir.mkdir() pkg_init = ns_pkg_dir / '__init__.py' tmpl = '__import__("pkg_resources").declare_namespace({namespace!r})' decl = tmpl.format(**locals()) pkg_init.write_text(decl, encoding='utf-8') pkg_mod = ns_pkg_dir / (rest + '.py') some_functionality = 'name = {rest!r}'.format(**locals()) pkg_mod.write_text(some_functionality, encoding='utf-8') return src_dir def make_site_dir(target): """ Add a sitecustomize.py module in target to cause target to be added to site dirs such that .pth files are processed there. """ sc = target / 'sitecustomize.py' target_str = str(target) tmpl = '__import__("site").addsitedir({target_str!r})' sc.write_text(tmpl.format(**locals()), encoding='utf-8')