[issue10945] bdist_wininst depends on MBCS codec, unavailable on non-Windows

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor <vstinner at redhat.com> added the comment:

Lib/distutils/tests/test_bdist_wininst.py contains an interesting comment linking to bpo-5731:

            # issue5731: command was broken on non-windows platforms
            # this test makes sure it works now for every platform
            # let's create a command

Related commit:

commit ad95826c33ea378db2807a268363ccfbf0ea8273
Author: Tarek Ziadé <ziade.tarek at gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Apr 9 21:36:44 2009 +0000

    Fixed #5731: Distutils bdist_wininst no longer worked on non-Windows platforms


But there is also bpo-8954 follow-up which is still open: "wininst regression: errors when building on linux".

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