Bugs item #1161187, was opened at 2005-03-11 09:56 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by loewis You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1161187&group_id=5470
Category: Installation Group: Python 2.4 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Spider (m_webber_sydney) Assigned to: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) Summary: Install problem 2.4.1rc1 on Win98 Initial Comment: Python 2.4.1 Release Candidate 1. I installed (with all the defautl settings) python-2.4.1c1.msi on a Windows 98 machine. The shortcuts in the Start / Programs / Python 2.4 group includes a shortcut named "Python Manuals". This shortcut is inactive - does not point to anything valid, and clicking on it does not bring up the manuals. I assume that the shortcut should point to C:/Python24/Doc/Python24.chm which certainly exists on my machine and works ok if I access it directly. I guess the install builds the shortcut wrongly. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) Date: 2005-03-12 11:59 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=21627 It's an "advertised shortcut" - a special OLE file that the shell recognizes and unpacks as a link. However, before unpacking it, it verifies that the target file is there, and if it isn't, it invokes invokes installer to provide the file. According to Microsoft's documentation, installer checks whether the IShellLink interface supports "installer description resolution", which should be the case for W2k, W98, and systems running IE4. If installer determines that the system does not support advertisement, it creates an unadvertised shortcut. So it "ought to" work on all systems. The IDLE shortcut is unadvertised, because it is not possible to trigger the Tkinter installation correctly. m_webber_sydney, does the "Python (command line)" link work correctly? It is built in the same way. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Tim Peters (tim_one) Date: 2005-03-11 16:42 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=31435 Assigning to Martin. Martin, what kind of "shortcut" does the installer build now -- could it perhaps depend on an NTFS feature, like hard links? Why I ask: When I right-click on, e.g., "IDLE (Python GUI)" and select Properties in a 2.3 installation, I get "the expected" kind of window, with a Shortcut tab containing C:\Python23\pythonw.exe "C:\Python23\Lib\idlelib\idle.pyw" in the Target box, which is an editable string. When I do the same with 2.4.1c1 (and don't know about 2.4 -- never tried this there), the Shortcut tab's Target box contains just Python 2.4.1c1 and that's greyed out -- can't edit it. The "Find Target .." and "Change Icon .." buttons are greyed out too. It _works_ for me anyway, but I'm on WinXP + NTFS here. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1161187&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
