def METHOD_NAME(self):
    if self.bdist_dir is None:
        bdist_base = self.get_finalized_command('bdist').bdist_base
        self.bdist_dir = os.path.join(bdist_base, 'dumb')
    if self.format is None:
        try:
            self.format = self.default_format[os.name]
        except KeyError:
            raise DistutilsPlatformError, \
                  ("don't know how to create dumb built distributions " +
                   "on platform %s") % os.name
    self.set_undefined_options('bdist',
                               ('dist_dir', 'dist_dir'),
                               ('plat_name', 'plat_name'),
                               ('skip_build', 'skip_build'))