From a1859db45969861942947278030d713e559c43ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Jones <cmsj@kodachi>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:32:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Closes LP #234274 by making setup.py more resilient

---
 setup.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0f48b134..aac73af0 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ class BuildData(build):
       if newer(po, mo):
         cmd = 'msgfmt -o %s %s' % (mo, po)
         info('compiling %s -> %s' % (po, mo))
-        os.system(cmd)
-
+        try:
+          os.system(cmd)
+        except:
+          pass
 
 class InstallData(install_data):
   def run (self):