changes needed to get current code to run

.gitignore

@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ src/.settings/
 src/**/.dll
 src/**/*.o
 src/**/*.so
+build/lib.*
+build/temp.*

setup.py

@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
     with open(os.path.join(here, 'README.md')) as f:
         README = f.read()
-    with open(os.path.join(here, 'CHANGES.txt')) as f:
-        CHANGES = f.read()
 
     bitmsghash = Extension('bitmsghash.bitmsghash',
         sources = ['src/bitmsghash/bitmsghash.cpp'],
@@ -152,6 +150,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         bitmessage = bitmessagemain:Main.start
         """,
     )
+    if (dist.command_obj.get('install_scripts')):
         with open(os.path.join(dist.command_obj['install_scripts'].install_dir, 'bitmessage'), 'wt') as f:
             f.write("#!/bin/sh\n")
             f.write(dist.command_obj['build'].executable + " " + \