From 245f05d5f4b94ac2b3cabd8e30ca292cb1415fd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "James R. Barlow" <jim@purplerock.ca>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 00:07:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] docs: allow python setup.py install --force to bypass checks

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---
 setup.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0467370e..191ff482 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -148,9 +148,10 @@ def check_external_program(
 
 
 command = next((arg for arg in sys.argv[1:] if not arg.startswith('-')), '')
+forced = ('--force' in sys.argv)
 
 
-if command.startswith('install') or \
+if not forced and command.startswith('install') or \
         command in ['check', 'test', 'nosetests', 'easy_install']:
     check_external_program(
         program='tesseract',
@@ -174,6 +175,8 @@ if command.startswith('install') or \
         package='qpdf',
         version_check_args=['--version']
     )
+else:
+    print('Skipping external program tests because of --force')
 
 
 if 'upload' in sys.argv[1:]: