[Python-checkins] r62935 - peps/trunk/pep-0101.txt
christian.heimes
python-checkins at python.org
Fri May 9 14:28:07 CEST 2008
Author: christian.heimes
Date: Fri May 9 14:28:07 2008
New Revision: 62935
Log:
VS 9.0 doesn't ship with cabarc.exe. Windows developers have to install the CAB SDK
Modified:
peps/trunk/pep-0101.txt
Modified: peps/trunk/pep-0101.txt
==============================================================================
--- peps/trunk/pep-0101.txt (original)
+++ peps/trunk/pep-0101.txt Fri May 9 14:28:07 2008
@@ -311,7 +311,8 @@
and AMD64). He has one checkout tree per target architecture,
and builds the pcbuild.sln project for the appropriate
architecture. He then edits Tools/msi/config.py to update
- full_current_version, and runs msi.py with ActivePython 2.5.
+ full_current_version, sets snapshot to False and runs msi.py with
+ ActivePython 2.5 or Python 2.5 with pywin32.
For that to work, the following prerequisites must be met:
- PC\icons.mak must have been run with nmake.
@@ -323,6 +324,9 @@
architecture in its path (VS 2003 for x86, the platform
SDK for AMD64).
+ - The cmd.exe window must also have cabarc.exe from the CAB SDK
+ in its path.
+
The WE checksums the files (*.msi and *.chm), uploads them to
some place in the net, and emails you the location and md5sums.
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