File setuptools-5.4.1-create-sitedir.patch of Package python-setuptools

Index: setuptools-15.0/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
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--- setuptools-15.0.orig/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
+++ setuptools-15.0/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
@@ -415,6 +415,13 @@ class easy_install(Command):
         instdir = normalize_path(self.install_dir)
         pth_file = os.path.join(instdir, 'easy-install.pth')
 
+        # make sure that the directory exists
+        if not os.path.exists(instdir):
+            try:
+                os.makedirs(instdir)
+            except (OSError,IOError):
+                self.cant_write_to_target()
+
         # Is it a configured, PYTHONPATH, implicit, or explicit site dir?
         is_site_dir = instdir in self.all_site_dirs