In a message to the XML-SIG, Thomas Heller writes:
From: "Göran Rolfsson"
Hi! I first tried the exe-version ( I have NT), but it wants me to select the Python installation to use, without showing me any to choose among, and without the possibility to specify a path. And yes, I have Python installed on my machine (actually in several versions).
Göran,
the exe-version is probably built with distutils bdist_wininst command. This looks in the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Python\PythonCore\x.y\InstallPath to find the location where Pythin is installed. (x.y is the required version 2.0, 2.1, whatever). This registry key is created by the installer when you install Python itself. If you compiled it from source, it will not be present.
Would it make sense to enhance the search strategy a bit? I'll propose the following strawman: 1. Start with what it already does. 2. Search the PATH for "python.exe" 3. Ask the user to specify exactly where is should go. I don't know how much work this would be, but it might help people that do build from source, or who use an alternate installer that doesn't upt things in the registry (PythonWare, for instance). -Fred -- Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake at acm.org> PythonLabs at Zope Corporation