[Distutils] --post-install on win32

[Cory Dodt]

Possibly it was fixed.  I am using a fairly stale CVS copy.

I'll try again with today's. 

--- Thomas Heller <theller@python.net> wrote:
> Cory Dodt <corydodt@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> > I have been working with the --post-install option to bdist_wininst
> and
> > have noticed the following behavior, which appears to be a bug or
> possibly
> > a misdesign.  The consequence of this behavior is at the end, it will
> take
> > some explaining to get there...
> > 
> > I'm going to use the following terms:
> > 
> > pre-build time: the moment you issue the command
> >                 C:\...\>setup.py bdist_wininst --install-script=x
> > build time: while build_* is happening
> > post-install time: after you've run the bdist_wininst installer and
> gone
> > through the wizard; the very last page of the wizard, when it runs the
> > post-install script.
> > post-install-arg: what you gave as an argument to --install-script=...
> > 
> > The argument to --install-script at pre-build time has to match an
> entry
> > in setup_args['scripts'], that is, if you have
> >   { ... 'scripts': ['my-postinstall.py'] }
> > You have to provide --install-script=my-postinstall.py but if you have
> >   { ... 'scripts': ['win32/my-postinstall.py'] }
> > You have to provide --install-script=win32\my-postinstall.py
> > 
> > If they don't match, bdist_wininst gives up with the error
> "install_script
> > 'my-postinstall.py' not found in scripts".
> > 
> > At install time, the basename part of <post-install-arg> gets copied
> to
> > C:\python22\scripts, regardless of where it was found at
> pre-build-time,
> > so you always have C:\python22\scripts\my-postinstall.py.
> > 
> > But at post-install time, the installer looks for
> > C:\python22\scripts\<post-install-arg>.  That is:
> > 
> > --install-script=<argument>                           where it
> searches
> > ---------------------------                          
> -----------------
> > my-postinstall.py                
> C:\python22\scripts\my-postinstall.py
> > win32\my-postinstall.py    
> C:\python22\scripts\win32\my-postinstall.py
> > (I have verified this with filemon.exe.)
> 
> I thought I fixed this bug before Python 2.3a0, but it seems it's not.
> Which version are you using?
> 
> Thomas
> 


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