Re: [Python-Dev] RELEASED Python 2.4.1, release candidate 1
[Martin v. Löwis]
I'd like to encourage feedback on whether the Windows installer works for people. It replaces the VBScript part in the MSI package with native code, which ought to drop the dependency on VBScript, but might introduce new incompatibilities.
[Tim Peters]
Worked fine here. Did an all-default "all users" install, WinXP Pro SP2, from local disk, and under an account with Admin rights. I uninstalled 2.4 first. I suppose that's the least stressful set of choices I could possibly have made, but at least it confirms a happy baseline.
I tried several stranger things, like installing over 2.4.0 but in a different directory. Everything worked like clockwork. I did NOT try anything that would have involved a system with various things missing (like lack of VBScript), but I did play around with alternate install locations, repairs, uninstalls, single-user and all-user installs, and I found no problems anywhere. Nice work! -- Michael Chermside
Michael Chermside wrote:
I tried several stranger things, like installing over 2.4.0 but in a different directory. Everything worked like clockwork. I did NOT try anything that would have involved a system with various things missing (like lack of VBScript), but I did play around with alternate install locations, repairs, uninstalls, single-user and all-user installs, and I found no problems anywhere. Nice work!
Thanks! Somebody reported that it failed to update python24.dll in an update installation; not sure why this would be. Regards, Martin
Alexander Schremmer wrote:
Somebody reported that it failed to update python24.dll in an update installation; not sure why this would be.
Because it was in use?
Perhaps. In that case, Installer should schedule a reboot, and ask for the reboot when the installation is otherwise complete. Regards, Martin
I seem to have a problem with the install on XP SP1. Python itself is installed, but IDLE won't start. The error says: "IDLE's subprocess didn't make connection. Either IDLE can't start a subprocess or personal firewall software is blocking the connection." I believe the problem is the firewall, but I'm not sure if it is related to the install. The previous install (Python 2.3) worked fine. Jeremy
On Sat, Mar 12, 2005, Jeremy Hylton wrote:
I seem to have a problem with the install on XP SP1. Python itself is installed, but IDLE won't start. The error says: "IDLE's subprocess didn't make connection. Either IDLE can't start a subprocess or personal firewall software is blocking the connection." I believe the problem is the firewall, but I'm not sure if it is related to the install. The previous install (Python 2.3) worked fine.
http://www.python.org/2.4/bugs.html -- Aahz (aahz@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "The joy of coding Python should be in seeing short, concise, readable classes that express a lot of action in a small amount of clear code -- not in reams of trivial code that bores the reader to death." --GvR
Jeremy Hylton wrote:
I seem to have a problem with the install on XP SP1. Python itself is installed, but IDLE won't start. The error says: "IDLE's subprocess didn't make connection. Either IDLE can't start a subprocess or personal firewall software is blocking the connection." I believe the problem is the firewall, but I'm not sure if it is related to the install. The previous install (Python 2.3) worked fine.
What firewall software are you using? Any exceptions in the console when starting IDLE? Regards, Martin
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 10:53:06 -0500, Jeremy Hylton <jhylton@gmail.com> wrote:
I seem to have a problem with the install on XP SP1. Python itself is installed, but IDLE won't start. The error says: "IDLE's subprocess didn't make connection. Either IDLE can't start a subprocess or personal firewall software is blocking the connection." I believe the problem is the firewall, but I'm not sure if it is related to the install. The previous install (Python 2.3) worked fine.
Did your firewall have an exception for Python 2.3, which doesn't apply to 2.4 (for example, it included the full path to the exempted executable)? Paul
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Paul Moore