[issue5731] bdist_wininst no longer works on non-Windows platforms

Éric Araujo added the comment: Follow-up in #8954 -- nosy: +eric.araujo ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsub

[issue5731] bdist_wininst no longer works on non-Windows platforms

Tarek Ziadé added the comment: fixed in r71413 and r71415. Thanks for the patch ! -- status: open -> closed versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.0, Python 3.1 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue5731] bdist_wininst no longer works on non-Windows platforms

Tarek Ziadé added the comment: Mark, I have just applied the patch in r71413 because it was obvious. If it's fine with you I'll backport it to 2.6 so it makes it to 2.6.2 final -- ___ Python tracker __

[issue5731] bdist_wininst no longer works on non-Windows platforms

Mark Hammond added the comment: +1 on the idea - it's not the first time I've forgotten that works on platforms other than Windows. It appears the patch you attached is reversed though (or its just way too early for me...) -- ___ Python tracker

[issue5731] bdist_wininst no longer works on non-Windows platforms

New submission from Paul Moore : In revision 62197, Mon Apr 7 01:53:39 2008 UTC, Mark Hammond added code to Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py which was intended to select an architecture-specific installer executable. In doing so, the code appears to have broken the ability to build install