[New-bugs-announce] [issue1855] Codepage unset in msilib.init_database()

Jim Wilson report at bugs.python.org
Wed Jan 16 21:13:21 CET 2008


New submission from Jim Wilson:

At
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367864(VS.85,printer).aspx,
Satanic Verses sayeth:  "The Codepage Summary property must be set
before any string properties are set in the summary information.", but
so far as I can tell, PID_CODEPAGE is never used in msilib.__init__.py,
etal.

Confirming evidence: msilib's GetProperty(msilib.PID_CODEPAGE) raises
"Not Implemented" on Python2.5.1's own .msi file.

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components: Distutils
messages: 60006
nosy: Jimbo
severity: normal
status: open
title: Codepage unset in msilib.init_database()
versions: Python 2.5

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