[Distutils] bdist_wininst: post-installation changes?

[Thomas Heller]

From: "M.-A. Lemburg" <mal@lemburg.com>
> Steven Knight wrote:
> > 
> > I don't think this is supported, but I just want to make sure...
> > 
> > Is there any way, in the generated Win32 installer, to have it perform
> > some arbitrary post-installation editing?
> 
> Yes. Thomas Heller has checked in an update of the installer
> which supports this. You have to get it from CVS, though.
>  
Right. The only documentation so far are the last two logmessages
(ask me if you need more):

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/python/distutils/misc/install.c

and the updated bdist_wininst.py is here (watch out for wrapped URL):

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/python/distutils/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py?rev=1.31

> > To cover Win9x systems, I'd like to install a .bat file in C:\PythonXX\
> > using the Bruce Eckel preamble from the Python FAQ:
> > 
> >     @echo off
> >     rem = """
> >     rem run python on this bat file. Needs the full path where
> >     rem you keep your python files. The -x causes python to skip
> >     rem the first line of the file:
> >     python -x c:\aaa\Python\\"%0".bat %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
> >     goto endofpython
> >     rem """
> > 
> >     # The python program goes here:
> > 
> > The problem is that the "%0" expansion needs the full path name to where
> > the .bat file is installed (C:\PythonXX\), and that's not known until
> > the installer runs and consults the registry to find out where Python is
> > located.
Bruce's preamble can be simplyfied to this one:

    @runpython c:\aaa\Python\%0.bat %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
    # start of python code
    print "Hello" # or whatever
    # EOF - you don't have to supply the 'endofpython' footer from above.

when you have a batch file in your PATH named 'runpython.bat'
which looks like this:
    @c:\python22\python -x %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

The full path before the %0.bat in the first file is still needed,
unfortunately (or you always have to call your batch file with it's full
pathname).

Thomas