Merge pull request #3106 from pypa/bugfix/3103-entry-points-from-string

Restore entry points from string

Author: jaraco

changelog.d/3103.misc.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed issue where string-based entry points would be omitted.

setuptools/_entry_points.py

@@ -53,7 +53,16 @@ def load(eps):
 
 @load.register(str)
 def _(eps):
-    return validate(metadata.EntryPoints._from_text(eps))
+    r"""
+    >>> ep, = load('[console_scripts]\nfoo=bar')
+    >>> ep.group
+    'console_scripts'
+    >>> ep.name
+    'foo'
+    >>> ep.value
+    'bar'
+    """
+    return validate(metadata.EntryPoints(metadata.EntryPoints._from_text(eps)))
 
 
 load.register(type(None), lambda x: x)