[issue8526] msilib doesn't support multiple CAB instances in same installer

Irit Katriel added the comment: msilib is deprecated as per PEP 594, so there won't be further enhancements to it. -- nosy: +iritkatriel resolution: -> wont fix stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue8526] msilib doesn't support multiple CAB instances in same installer

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[issue8526] msilib doesn't support multiple CAB instances in same installer

Mark Lawrence added the comment: @Steve/Zach just FYI -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy, steve.dower, zach.ware versions: +Python 3.5 -Python 3.3 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue8526 ___

[issue8526] msilib doesn't support multiple CAB instances in same installer

Éric Araujo mer...@netwok.org added the comment: Martin, are you rejecting this bug report as worksforme or is it a valid feature request? -- components: -Distutils nosy: +eric.araujo ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org

[issue8526] msilib doesn't support multiple CAB instances in same installer

Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de added the comment: As a feature request, it's fine - but I have no intention to work on this feature. -- assignee: loewis - ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue8526

[issue8526] msilib doesn't support multiple CAB instances in same installer

Changes by Ramchandra Apte maniandra...@gmail.com: -- type: - behavior ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue8526 ___ ___

[issue8526] msilib doesn't support multiple CAB instances in same installer

Changes by Éric Araujo mer...@netwok.org: -- nosy: -eric.araujo type: behavior - enhancement versions: -Python 2.6, Python 2.7 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue8526 ___

[issue8526] msilib doesn't support multiple CAB instances in same installer

Changes by Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de: -- keywords: -easy ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue8526 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list

[issue8526] msilib doesn't support multiple CAB instances in same installer

Bill Janssen bill.jans...@gmail.com added the comment: I'm certainly using the API provided by msilib, but perhaps I'm using it badly. Which API did you have in mind? I'm using msilib directly, not through bdist_msi. This seems like an artificial limitation to put on the Python library; the

[issue8526] msilib doesn't support multiple CAB instances in same installer

Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de added the comment: I still don't see the need to create multiple CABs. Just use the Directory class to add files, and that will automatically record them in the singleton CAB. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue8526] msilib doesn't support multiple CAB instances in same installer

New submission from Bill Janssen bill.jans...@gmail.com: Working with Python 2.6.5, I find I cannot put multiple CABs in the same installer. This is due to this statement in msilib.CAB.commit(): add_data(db, Media, [(1, self.index, None, #+self.name, None, None)]) The

[issue8526] msilib doesn't support multiple CAB instances in same installer

Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de added the comment: You can have at most one CAB object per database, yes. However, you can have certainly multiple cab files in the installer; just call add_data yourself. If you are using the API provided by msilib, there should be no need to ever have more