Bugs item #1181619, was opened at 2005-04-12 17:49 Message generated for change (Settings changed) made by mwh You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1181619&group_id=5470
Category: Distutils Group: Platform-specific Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: follower (xfollower) >Assigned to: Thomas Heller (theller) Summary: Bad sys.executable value for bdist_wininst install script Initial Comment: Description copied from: <http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=mailman.1490.1106904639.22381.python-list%40python.org> >From the Python docs, sys.executable is: executable A string giving the name of the executable binary for the Python interpreter, on systems where this makes sense. However, during the execution of a post-install script, this string actually resolves to the name of the binary installer! This name should resolve, I think to the name of the Python executable for which the installer is running (a value selectable at the start of the installation, if more than one Python is detected). Having this value available allows you to properly generate shortcuts with the proper full path to the python executable. I resorted to using sys.prefix+r'\python.exe', which will most likely work, but I'd rather see sys.executable give me a more sensible answer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1181619&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
