Jim Kleckner wrote: > I went to upgrade a Vista machine from 2.6.1 to 2.6.2 and got error 2755 > with the message "system cannot open the device or file". > > I uninstalled 2.6.1, removing all residual files also, and got the error > message again. > > When I ran msiexec as follows to get a log, it magically worked: > msiexec /i python-2.6.2.msi /l*v install.log > > Should I attempt to explore this further or just be happy?
Where you by an chance using a SUBSTed drive? If so, just be happy: this is a known limitation (of Windows installer). Otherwise, if you can contribute a useful bug report (or even a patch), please go ahead. I would try to turn logging on through the registry and see whether that gives any insight. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
