[Python-Dev] python dll no longer in system directory?

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Thu Oct 9 20:41:45 CEST 2008


> I confirm this. The following lines in msi.py seem to be the cause of
> the change:
> 
>     #dlldir = PyDirectory(db, cab, root, srcdir, "DLLDIR", ".")
>     #install python30.dll into root dir for now
>     dlldir = root
> 
> They were added by r61109: " Bundle msvcr90.dll as a "private assembly". "
> but I don't know if simply restoring the previous value will work in every case:
> If the C Run-Time is installed "privately", then python26.dll must
> stay in c:\python26.

Ah, ok. Maybe I can find some time next week to look into this, but I
wouldn't mind if anybody else did.

In any case, thanks for this research so far (and too bad that nobody
noticed throughout all the beta releases).

Regards,
Martin



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