[python-win32] build on Linus, install on Windows: site packages not registered

[Dean Allen Provins]

Hello;

I built a code on Linux and moved it to Windows successfully a month or so ago.
 The user asked for a change, and after re-arranging the code and making the
alterations, tried to re-send it.  It gets there, but the 2 site packages aren't
registered.

The command used to build the Windows installer was (with python 2.4.1):

	python win_batch_setup.py bdist_wininst

The file win_batch_setup.py contains:

#!/usr/bin/python

#       Execute as 'python this_file.py bdist_wininst' to create a
#       Windows install file ('thisfile-1.4.win32.exe')
#

from distutils.core import setup

setup ( name       = 'batch',   \
        version    = '1.14',    \
        description= 'Converts LAS files from MD to TVD in batch',\
        long_description= 'snipped...',\
        author     = 'Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph.',\
        author_email = 'dprovins at tridentexploration.ca',\
        url        = 'none',\
        license    = 'open',\
        py_modules = [\
                        'BATCH/batch',  \
                        'ROOT/BATCH_MD_TVD', \
                        'ROOT/MD_TVD',  \
                        'ROOT/LAS', \
                        'ROOT/spline', \
                        'ROOT/func'],   \
        platforms  = 'Linux, MS Windows',\
        data_files = [('.', \
                       ['BATCH/pywintypes24.dll', \
                        'BATCH/batch.py',
                        'BATCH/batch_readme.txt',
                        'BATCH/100082406303W600_ACCUCARD_tab.OUT',\
                        'BATCH/100082406303W600_ACCUMAP.CSV',\
                        'BATCH/petra_well_MD_unwrap.las'])]\
      )

This resulted in the following - and note the WARNING at the end.  I believe it
is a symptom of the problem:

dean at debian:~/python/LAS$ python win_batch_setup.py bdist_wininst # re-create bu
ild and dist
running bdist_wininst
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib
creating build/lib/BATCH
copying BATCH/batch.py -> build/lib/BATCH
creating build/lib/ROOT
copying ROOT/BATCH_MD_TVD.py -> build/lib/ROOT
copying ROOT/MD_TVD.py -> build/lib/ROOT
copying ROOT/LAS.py -> build/lib/ROOT
copying ROOT/spline.py -> build/lib/ROOT
copying ROOT/func.py -> build/lib/ROOT
installing to build/bdist.linux-i686/wininst
running install_lib
creating build/bdist.linux-i686
creating build/bdist.linux-i686/wininst
creating build/bdist.linux-i686/wininst/PURELIB
creating build/bdist.linux-i686/wininst/PURELIB/BATCH
copying build/lib/BATCH/batch.py -> build/bdist.linux-i686/wininst/PURELIB/BATCH
creating build/bdist.linux-i686/wininst/PURELIB/ROOT
copying build/lib/ROOT/BATCH_MD_TVD.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/wininst/PURELIB/ROOT
copying build/lib/ROOT/MD_TVD.py -> build/bdist.linux-i686/wininst/PURELIB/ROOT
copying build/lib/ROOT/LAS.py -> build/bdist.linux-i686/wininst/PURELIB/ROOT
copying build/lib/ROOT/spline.py -> build/bdist.linux-i686/wininst/PURELIB/ROOT
copying build/lib/ROOT/func.py -> build/bdist.linux-i686/wininst/PURELIB/ROOT
running install_data
creating build/bdist.linux-i686/wininst/DATA
copying BATCH/pywintypes24.dll -> build/bdist.linux-i686/wininst/DATA/.
copying BATCH/batch.py -> build/bdist.linux-i686/wininst/DATA/.
copying BATCH/batch_readme.txt -> build/bdist.linux-i686/wininst/DATA/.
copying BATCH/100082406303W600_ACCUCARD_tab.OUT ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/wininst/DATA/.
copying BATCH/100082406303W600_ACCUMAP.CSV -> build/bdist.linux-i686/wininst/DATA/.
copying BATCH/petra_well_MD_unwrap.las -> build/bdist.linux-i686/wininst/DATA/.
creating '/tmp/tmp5iHDWK.zip' and adding '.' to it
adding 'PURELIB/BATCH/batch.py'
adding 'PURELIB/ROOT/BATCH_MD_TVD.py'
adding 'PURELIB/ROOT/MD_TVD.py'
adding 'PURELIB/ROOT/LAS.py'
adding 'PURELIB/ROOT/spline.py'
adding 'PURELIB/ROOT/func.py'
adding 'DATA/pywintypes24.dll'
adding 'DATA/batch.py'
adding 'DATA/batch_readme.txt'
adding 'DATA/100082406303W600_ACCUCARD_tab.OUT'
adding 'DATA/100082406303W600_ACCUMAP.CSV'
adding 'DATA/petra_well_MD_unwrap.las'
Warning: Can't read registry to find the necessary compiler setting
Make sure that Python modules _winreg, win32api or win32con are installed.
removing 'build/bdist.linux-i686/wininst' (and everything under it)

The code is installed in .../site-packages/BATCH and .../site-packages/ROOT.
The modules therein aren't visible to python unless I force the sys.path
variable in the mainline.

It seems odd that a Linux setup.py run should ask for a windows registery module...

Any ideas on what I'm missing?

Dean
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