[issue16561] bdist_wininst installers don't use UAC, then crash

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 1ac5aec658f6 by Benjamin Peterson in branch '2.7': give a nice message when installer is launched w/o admin rights (closes #16561) https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1ac5aec658f6 New changeset caee1eabba1e by Benjamin Peterson in branch '3.4': give a

[issue16561] bdist_wininst installers don't use UAC, then crash

Benjamin Peterson added the comment: I'm okay with it if Steve is. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubsc

[issue16561] bdist_wininst installers don't use UAC, then crash

Steve Dower added the comment: The patch looks safe enough to me, if Benjamin is willing to consider it for 2.7.9? Seems fine for 3.4 and 3.5 too, if nobody is opposed (or wants to argue over the wording of the message). -- nosy: +benjamin.peterson ___

[issue16561] bdist_wininst installers don't use UAC, then crash

Christian Boos added the comment: Ping. Probably too late for 2.7.9, but the patch is about adding a check a null pointer dereference and the follow-up crash, so someone might be interested to commit it, or a similar fix. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue16561] bdist_wininst installers don't use UAC, then crash

Changes by Antoine Pitrou : -- assignee: eric.araujo -> ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https:

[issue16561] bdist_wininst installers don't use UAC, then crash

Christian Boos added the comment: The reason of the crash is pretty trivial, there's no check for success of the creation of the installation logfile. Trapping this and aborting (with a hint to use "Run as administrator") would be enough to fix the issue, I think. -- keywords: +patch A

[issue16561] bdist_wininst installers don't use UAC, then crash

Christian Boos added the comment: `--user-access-control auto` doesn't work for me... With Python 2.7.8 installed ''for all'' in "C:/Program Files (x86)/Python27", an installer built with `bdist_wininst --user-access-control auto` will *not* ask for permission elevation and will crash as descr

[issue16561] bdist_wininst installers don't use UAC, then crash

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[issue16561] bdist_wininst installers don't use UAC, then crash

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: I just noticed that I misread the original issue: it's not about the Python Windows installer, but about bdist_wininst packages. -- title: Windows installer doesn't use UAC, then crashes -> bdist_wininst installers don't use UAC, then crash _