def parse_config_files(self, filenames=None):
        from ConfigParser import ConfigParser

        if filenames is None:
            filenames = self.find_config_files()

        if DEBUG:
            self.announce("Distribution.parse_config_files():")

        parser = ConfigParser()
        for filename in filenames:
            if DEBUG:
                self.announce("  reading %s" % filename)
            parser.read(filename)
            for section in parser.sections():
                options = parser.options(section)
                opt_dict = self.get_option_dict(section)

                for opt in options:
                    if opt != '__name__':
                        val = parser.get(section,opt)
                        opt = opt.replace('-', '_')
                        opt_dict[opt] = (filename, val)

            # Make the ConfigParser forget everything (so we retain
            # the original filenames that options come from)
            parser.__init__()

        # If there was a "global" section in the config file, use it
        # to set Distribution options.

        if 'global' in self.command_options:
            for (opt, (src, val)) in self.command_options['global'].items():
                alias = self.negative_opt.get(opt)
                try:
                    if alias:
                        setattr(self, alias, not strtobool(val))
                    elif opt in ('verbose', 'dry_run'): # ugh!
                        setattr(self, opt, strtobool(val))
                    else:
                        setattr(self, opt, val)
                except ValueError, msg:
                    raise DistutilsOptionError, msg

    # -- Command-line parsing methods ----------------------------------
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