[ python-Bugs-993766 ] bdist_dumb and --relative on Windows fails

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Bugs item #993766, was opened at 2004-07-19 23:03
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Category: Distutils
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: bdist_dumb and --relative on Windows fails

Initial Comment:
The following setup.py file:
"""
from distutils.core import setup, Extension
setup(name="foo", scripts= ["foo.py"])
"""
(plus any 'foo.py') fails when creating a .zip binary
on windows:

>setup.py bdist_dumb --relative
running bdist_dumb
...
error: build\bdist.win32\dumb\e:src\python-2.3-cvs:
Invalid argument


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