Hi folks, IIIC, there has been a recent change in the setuptools executable that is distributed with the Windows installer (and source). This executable is used as a stub to launch scripts that have been installed using distutils "scripts" system -- i.e put into C:\Python27\Scripts, or similar) The problem is that the new one launches the scripts in a separate terminal window (DOS box), which then quits when the script is finished, either due to an error or normally. The result is that you can'st see the output of the scripts, which makes any command line script pretty much useless. This means that things like nosetests, etc is broken. Anyway, after much gnashing of teeth, I noticed that if I install the lastest distutils, I get ann "easy_install.exe" that is about 65kb in size, while an older version had a 7kb exe. If I drop the older on into the scripts dir -- it works fine (tested on 32 bit Windows XP and 64 bit Windows 7 (with 32 bit pyhton). In fact, future easy-installed (or other setuptools installations) scrips then work correctly as well -- it appears that setuptools copies the easy_install.exe (and renames it) to launch the other scripts. Anyway, after poking around a bit, it's not clear to me who is maintaining setuptools, whether this change was intentional, or the result of other needed changes, etc. I can't find a version controlled source where I can look for changes. But I'd really like to see it put back the way it was! This list appeared to be the appropriate place to discuss setuptools, but where do I go from here? -- i.e. where to file a bug report, etc. Thanks, -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R            (206) 526-6959   voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE   (206) 526-6329   fax Seattle, WA  98115       (206) 526-6317   main reception Chris.Barker@noaa.gov