[Distutils] using bdist_wininst --install-script

[Stefan Seefeld]

Hi there,

I'm working on a python application which uses a number of data files.
In order to figure out the path to the data files I used to use some
hacks, such as letting the application file inject a 'prefix' variable
into the root module (package) for other modules to use.

This was, IIRC, required since on some systems (notably windows) the
actual prefix could differ from any variable set during the packaging
stage (since it's the user's choice to override it).

Now I read about the '--install-script' option that sounds as if it
could solve my problem (on windows). Can anybody comment on this ?
How can I use it to fix up 'prefix' variables at installation time ?
I'v found the documentation at
http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.1/dist/postinstallation-script.html,
but that doesn't mention what parameters are available to the script
(beside the 'install' / 'remove' flag).

Any help is highly appreciated !

		Stefan