[Tutor] Columnar Transposition Cipher question

[Steven D'Aprano]

Eike Welk wrote:
> On Tuesday 09.11.2010 18:36:43 Stefan Behnel wrote:
>> Steven D'Aprano, 09.11.2010 05:01:
>>> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/obfuscate
>> Hmm - why is the Windows installer on that page called "linux-i686"?
> 
> It was probably created on Linux. 

That would be it.

 > Python's Distutils create installers for
> Windows even on Linux. They get file names that contain "linux-". You must 
> rename them, otherwise your users get confused.  

I didn't realise that.

> I did never try them, because I have no Windows computer. Do these Windows 
> installers work when they are created on Linux?

I'm pretty sure I tried it, once, but I might be confabulating.



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Steven