'Read the manifest file (named by \'self.manifest\') and use it to
fill in \'self.filelist\', the list of files to include in the source
distribution.'

def read_manifest(self):

    log.info("reading    manifest    file    '%s'", self.manifest)
    manifest = open(self.manifest)
    while 1:
        line = manifest.readline()
        if (line == ''):
            break
        if (line[(-1)] == '\n'):
            line = line[0:(-1)]
        self.filelist.append(line)
    manifest.close()
