Handle synnefo imports in setup.py files

[pithos] / snf-pithos-backend / setup.py

diff --git a/snf-pithos-backend/setup.py b/snf-pithos-backend/setup.py
index 569b74e..fccf02e 100644 (file)
--- a/snf-pithos-backend/setup.py
+++ b/snf-pithos-backend/setup.py
@@ -40,10 +40,15 @@ import os
 from distutils.util import convert_path
 from fnmatch import fnmatchcase
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-from synnefo.util import version
 
 HERE = os.path.abspath(os.path.normpath(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
-version.update_version('pithos.backends', 'version', HERE)
+try:
+    # try to update the version file
+    from synnefo.util import version
+    version.update_version('pithos.backends', 'version', HERE)
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
 from pithos.backends.version import __version__
 
 # Package info