At 06:27 AM 10/16/2007 +0200, henk-jan ebbers wrote:

Phillip J. Eby wrote:

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At 12:22 AM 10/16/2007 +0200, henk-jan ebbers wrote:

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2 questions:

1. Can I use the (great) dependency handling of setuptools in a windows installer, eg by packing a python egg in a windows installer? No. It's an either-or thing. However, easy_install *can* resolve dependencies using bdist_wininst downloads.

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2. When I make a windows installer (bdist_wininst) I assumed the windows installer is python-version independent. (BTW, I use setuptools.) But, when making the installer with python 2.4, and installing with python 2.5, my package is installed in the right place (python 2.5), but the egg-info is installed as bots-1.1.0-py2.4.egg-info. As far as I can see, this is not a problem for running my application. It would be if something else depended on it.

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But, is this how this is supposed to be? No. Setuptools should always mark its windows installers as Python version-specific, as they are not portable, even if the package doesn't contain extensions. Thanks for answering but is this an error? in disutils?

It's a setuptools error if it wrote the .exe without including py2.4 in the filename. Otherwise, it's operator error if you installed a py2.4 .exe into Python 2.5. :)