Added function to ping a host

Lib/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/_functools.py

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+import functools
+
+
+# from jaraco.functools 3.5
+def pass_none(func):
+    """
+    Wrap func so it's not called if its first param is None
+
+    >>> print_text = pass_none(print)
+    >>> print_text('text')
+    text
+    >>> print_text(None)
+    """
+
+    @functools.wraps(func)
+    def wrapper(param, *args, **kwargs):
+        if param is not None:
+            return func(param, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    return wrapper