Author: phillip.eby Date: Tue May 31 22:10:56 2011 New Revision: 88846 Log: Document 64-bit Windows workaround Modified: sandbox/branches/setuptools-0.6/README.txt Modified: sandbox/branches/setuptools-0.6/README.txt ============================================================================== --- sandbox/branches/setuptools-0.6/README.txt (original) +++ sandbox/branches/setuptools-0.6/README.txt Tue May 31 22:10:56 2011 @@ -12,7 +12,17 @@ Windows ======= -Install setuptools using the provided ``.exe`` installer. If you've previously +32-bit version of Python + Install setuptools using the provided ``.exe`` installer. + +64-bit versions of Python + Download `ez_setup.py`_ and run it; it will download the appropriate .egg file and install it for you. (Currently, the provided ``.exe`` installer does not support 64-bit versions of Python for Windows, due to a `distutils installer compatibility issue`_ + +.. _ez_setup.py: http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py +.. _distutils installer compatibility issue: http://bugs.python.org/issue6792 + + +NOTE: Regardless of what sort of Python you're using, if you've previously installed older versions of setuptools, please delete all ``setuptools*.egg`` and ``setuptools.pth`` files from your system's ``site-packages`` directory (and any other ``sys.path`` directories) FIRST.