i have a problem with the bdist_wininst target for one of my projects. on Unix (where i use sdist), i override the install command class to do some customisation and configuration on the destination machine, but with bdist_wininst, the install command is run on the packager's machine, not the target. i'd like to be able to register COM servers, create start-menu shortcuts, etc, from within the installer. so ... what do people think about allowing an additional option in the setup.cfg, understood by bdist_wininst (and, more particularly, wininst.exe) that is the name of a script to be run by the selected interpreter after completing the installation? i could then install a `post_wininst.py' script, add it setup.cfg, and when run from wininst.exe, it could do the post-installation things, and if necessary, even remove itself when done. when the script exits, wininst.exe can splash the final wizard pane, and exit. comments? d
In article <200109060332.f863Ww710765@xevious.dstc.monash.edu.au>, David Arnold <arnold@dstc.monash.edu.au> writes
i have a problem with the bdist_wininst target for one of my projects.
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what do people think about allowing an additional option in the setup.cfg, understood by bdist_wininst (and, more particularly, wininst.exe) that is the name of a script to be run by the selected interpreter after completing the installation?
i could then install a `post_wininst.py' script, add it setup.cfg, and when run from wininst.exe, it could do the post-installation things, and if necessary, even remove itself when done. when the script exits, wininst.exe can splash the final wizard pane, and exit.
comments?
.... sounds excellent, if not already present it should be. I'm told inno et al allow pre and post execution. -- Robin Becker
i have a problem with the bdist_wininst target for one of my projects.
on Unix (where i use sdist), i override the install command class to do some customisation and configuration on the destination machine, but with bdist_wininst, the install command is run on the packager's machine, not the target.
i'd like to be able to register COM servers, create start-menu shortcuts, etc, from within the installer.
so ...
what do people think about allowing an additional option in the setup.cfg, understood by bdist_wininst (and, more particularly, wininst.exe) that is the name of a script to be run by the selected interpreter after completing the installation?
i could then install a `post_wininst.py' script, add it setup.cfg, and when run from wininst.exe, it could do the post-installation things, and if necessary, even remove itself when done. when the script exits, wininst.exe can splash the final wizard pane, and exit.
This is an idea I also had in my mind for quite some time, but I have not yet added to my (overloaded) todo list. Thomas
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