control the directory installation of files with bdist_wininst?

[Gerhard Häring]

David wrote:
> I've made a window installer of some files with bdist_wininst. but I
> didn't succeed to control the directory installation.
> The file created with bdist_wininst makes the installation of my files in
> C:\python22.
> I'd like to change this directory installation.

You can't currently install stuff outside the Python root dir. Making 
the install path user-selectable at install time has been on the TODO 
list for some time (look into the source for the bdist_wininst for this).

FWIW my modules usually end up in site-packages.

-- Gerhard