On second thought, don't. :( Walter Doerwald's situation isn't really

compatible with namespace packages, even if I do manage to hack up a way
to make it work.

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branch : setuptools
extra : convert_revision : svn%3A6015fed2-1504-0410-9fe1-9d1591cc4771/sandbox/trunk/setuptools%4041200

setuptools/dist.py

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def check_nsp(dist, attr, value):
 
     for nsp in value:
         for name in dist.iter_distribution_names():
-            if name==nsp or name.startswith(nsp+'.'): break
+            if name.startswith(nsp+'.'): break
         else:
             raise DistutilsSetupError(
                 "Distribution contains no modules or packages for " +