[Distutils] [issue119] setuptools-0.6c11.win32-py2.5 python path recognition problem

[P.J. Eby]

At 05:39 AM 12/23/2010 +0000, hm wrote:
>I have downloaded setuptools-0.6c11.win32-py2.5.exe and tried to 
>install it on Windows 7 (64 bit). I have an existing Python 
>installation. The setuptool recognizes the path, however, puts a 
>quote around the path. The problem is that it also carries the 
>quotes around the Python path in the installation directory and 
>makes a path like:
>
>"C:\Python25\"\Lib\site-packages\
>
>This is an invalid path and in the next step the installer complains 
>that cannot install the files in the provided path. The setuptool 
>also does not allow editing this path. Any help is appreciated, asap.

This sounds like a problem with the distutils installer for 
Windows.  Have you tried installing any other Python .exe's from 
PyPI, and do they have the same problem?