[Distutils] Were there any changes to bdist_wininst for Python 2.4?

[Mike C. Fletcher]

Thomas Heller wrote:

>"Mike C. Fletcher" <mcfletch at rogers.com> writes:
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>The layout of the data that bdist_wininst collects has changed.
>Unfortunately, the magic number '0x1234567A' hasn't changed, although it
>should have been.  If it were changed, you would have seen a MessageBox
>'setup program invalid or damaged'.  See the create_exe() method in
>bdist_wininst.py.
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Ah, should have thought of that given that I spent so much time editing 
that particular customisation a few months ago.

>I will repair this in CVS.
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Thanks.

>The problem is that you subclass bdist_wininst in the PyOpenGL setup
>script, and have to make these changes yourself, for Python 2.4.
>If it helps you, I can factor out a get_installer_filename() method in
>the 2.4 version.
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It would certainly be helpful for me, and I *think* it's probably the 
right way to go in any case.

Thanks,
Mike

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