Roger Binns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: I figured maybe it was something to do with MSVC 90 dlls.
<pre> C:\apsw>dir \*msvc*90* /s Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is F4A5-1661 Directory of C:\MinGW\lib 12/27/2007 08:23 AM 554,136 libmsvcr90.a 12/27/2007 08:23 AM 555,910 libmsvcr90d.a 2 File(s) 1,110,046 bytes Directory of C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.CRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.21022.8_x-ww_d08d0375 11/06/2007 08:23 PM 224,768 msvcm90.dll 11/07/2007 01:19 AM 568,832 msvcp90.dll 11/07/2007 01:19 AM 655,872 msvcr90.dll 3 File(s) 1,449,472 bytes Directory of C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.CRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30411.0_x-ww_71382c73 04/10/2008 10:52 PM 225,280 msvcm90.dll 04/11/2008 04:32 AM 572,928 msvcp90.dll 04/11/2008 04:32 AM 655,872 msvcr90.dll 3 File(s) 1,454,080 bytes Total Files Listed: 8 File(s) 4,013,598 bytes 0 Dir(s) 22,924,242,944 bytes free </pre> Process Explorer shows Python 2.6 exe using MSVCR90.dll from the 71382c73 WinSxS directory. Using Process Monitor for the 'import apsw' invocation shows the cp437 encoding being looked for and found, then the apsw.pyd being looked for, found, opened, LoadImage, ReadFile and CloseFile. Then a file named angle bracket stdin angle bracket it looked for and not found (presumably to show the error message). _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue3308> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com