[Python-Dev] Registry keys written by x64 installer

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Fri Jul 13 16:51:38 CEST 2007


> I've looked most closely at
> http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Lib/msilib/__init__.py?rev=47280&view=auto,
> and from there not even full readings yet, just searching for Win64 to
> see what the flag did. No doubt I have missed several intracacies.

Ah, ok. This should get fixed, but it isn't use to create the installer.
Instead, look at

http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Tools/msi/msilib.py?rev=55245&view=markup

> Perhaps it's my reading the wrong version (the one I linked above
> doesn't even have the string x64), or my assumption that msilib would
> target a more general use case than pure 64-bit / pure 32-bit
> installers. 

Why should it? I have yet to see a use case for that.

> That's even easier then, if anything's actually wrong. I'll find some
> time this weekend to look at it and report back. Would the one at the
> following URL be the correct one to verify?
> 
> http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5.1/python-2.5.1.amd64.msi
> (linked from http://www.python.org/download/)

Indeed.

Regards,
Martin



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