code: def _run_setup_py(self, args, echo=True, echo2=True, ff=''):
          
          python = self.python
  
          if ff:
              setup_py = '-c"%s"' % (RUN_SETUP % locals())
          else:
              setup_py = 'setup.py %s' % ' '.join(args)
  
          rc, lines = self.process.popen(
              '"%(python)s" %(setup_py)s' % locals(), echo=echo, echo2=echo2)
  
          return rc, lines
docs: Run setup.py with monkey-patched setuptools.
  
          The patch forces setuptools to use the file-finder 'ff'.
          If 'ff' is the empty string, the patch is not applied.
  
          'args' is the list of arguments that should be passed to
          setup.py.