for Python 2.4 caused a segfault when post_install_script was used.
The reason was that the file handle passed to PyRun_SimpleFile() was
created with MSVCRT.DLL, but Python 2.4 uses MSVCR71.DLL.
So, I replaced PyRun_SimpleFile() with PyRun_SimpleString(). The
segfault is gone, but the output of the postinstall script doesn't
show up, because still freopen() from MSVCRT is used.
Already backported.
Python was installed with the 'only for me' option. The registry key
had a hardcoded '2.3' in it where the python version chosen for
installation should be used instead.
Will backport myself.
today. pyconfig.h can override it if not, and can also override
Py_IS_INFINITY now. Py_IS_NAN and Py_IS_INFINITY are overridden now
for Microsoft compilers, using efficient MS-specific spellings.
This was probably fixed in rev 1.32 of getpath.c, but there are so
many paths thru the code that invoke joinpath() it's not at all
obvious that it *is* fixed. It doesn't help confidence that a crucial
precondition for calling joinpath() was neither documented nor verified.
It is now, and joinpath() will barf with a fatal error now rather than
overrun the buffer, if the precondition isn't met.
Note that this patch only changes the Windows flavor. I attached another
patch to the bug report for the POSIX flavor (which I can't test
conveniently).
to address bugs:
[ 555812 ] installing extension w/o admin rights
[ 555810 ] removing extensions without admin rights
* When enumerating the Python versions found, also remember the HKEY
they were found under.
* When installing, if Python was installed under HKCU, we will too.
If Python was installed under HKLM, we check the permissions of
the current user, and install where we can.
* The "root" key we use is a global variable - all registry setting and
delete functions use this global rather than a hardcoded HKLM.
* A new entry is written to the install log, indicating the key we used.
Uninstallation is based on this key.
* 'tempnam()' is used rather than 'tmpnam()' - 'tmpnam' creates a temp
file on the root of the current drive, and if this is readonly would
explain the 'freopen' errors occasionally reported. 'tempnam'
creates the temp file in the %TEMP% directory.
it from the install directory (as reported by the registry) in case it
is not found on the default Loadlibrary search path.
Fixes SF 935091: bdist_winist post-install script fails on non-admin Python
Already backported.
by bdist_wininst *must* use the same runtime libary as the Python
version.
Actually this means the Python version where the installer is run, not
the one which is used to build it. Must think about that - for now I
assume MSVC6 is used up to Python 2.3, and MSVC7.1 is used starting at
Python 2.4.
So the filename for wininst.exe is now wininst-6.exe for the Release
version and wininst-6_d.exe for the Debug version, when built with
MSVC6.
install.c: support for a 'pre-install-script', run before anything has
been installed. Provides a 'message_box' module function for use by
either the pre-install or post-install scripts.
bdist_wininst.py: support for pre-install script. Typo (build->built),
fixes so that --target-version can still work, even when the
distribution has extension modules - in this case, we insist on
--skip-build, as we still can't actually build other versions.
again. Removed the following subprojects and folded them into pythoncore,
to match what's being done under VC7. We *can* build the core DLL
under VC6 again after this:
datetime.dsp
winreg.dsp
parser.dsp
_sre.dsp
_csv.dsp
mmap.dsp
_symtable.dsp
isn't checked, and it *is* possible that a very large alloca() call is
made, e.g. when a large registry value is being read. I don't know if
alloca() in that case returns NULL or returns a pointer pointing outside
the stack, and I don't want to know -- I've simply replaced all calls to
alloca() with either PyMem_Malloc() or PyString_FromStringAndSize(NULL,)
as appropriate, followed by a size check. This addresses SF buf 851056.
Will backport to 2.3 next.
change the version number is no longer required.
Instead, a make_versioninfo.exe is compiled, which spits out an
include file for python_nt.rc.
Will backport to 2.3
Thomas Heller
Andrew MacIntyre
Martin v. Löwis
Raymond Hettinger
Peter Astrand
Tim Peters
Fredrik Lundh
Hye-Shik Chang
Mark Hammond
Skip Montanaro
Guido van Rossum
Walter Dörwald