On Windows "easy_install trac" fails with the error: "trac-0.10b1.win32.exe is not a valid distutils Windows .exe"
http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/3750 The problem is with easy_install locating the config information embedded in the file. The following patch works with the Trac installer, but I don't know if it will break support for other installers: Index: setuptools/command/easy_install.py =================================================================== --- setuptools/command/easy_install.py (revision 51920) +++ setuptools/command/easy_install.py (working copy) @@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ if tag not in (0x1234567A, 0x1234567B): return None # not a valid tag - f.seek(prepended-(12+cfglen+bmlen)) + f.seek(prepended-(12+cfglen)) cfg = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser({'version':'','target_version':''}) try: cfg.readfp(StringIO.StringIO(f.read(cfglen).split(chr(0),1)[0])) -- Matt Good <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
