[Distutils] Distutils changes - end user requirements (Was: Deprecate MANIFEST.in)

[Paul Moore]

2009/4/9 Tres Seaver <tseaver at palladion.com>:
>> However, it's equally true (I believe) that "python setup.py
>> bdist_wininst" works fine on a Linux box. So it's not as if building
>> Windows installers is a huge chore for developers, either. (I accept
>> that there are other tasks, like distribution). It's a trade-off of
>> developer time vs user time (and I fully accept that this trade-off
>> comes out differently in an open source/volunteer environment).
>
> I don't think that works:
>
> $ ../../bin/python setup.py bdist_wininst
[...]
> Warning: Can't read registry to find the necessary compiler setting
> Make sure that Python modules _winreg, win32api or win32con are installed.
> error:
> /home/tseaver/projects/Zope-CVS/lib/python2.6/distutils/command/wininst-6.0ux-i686.exe:
> No such file or directory
>
> Note that this package is pure python.

Hmm, I thought that worked. I'll see if I can build a suitable Linux
VM to give it a try. Just in case it matters, what OS are you running?

Paul.