On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 3:15 AM, Alexander Walters <tritium-l...@sdamon.com> wrote:
> ...just when I thought I have solved the registry headaches I have been > dealing with... > > I am not saying this proposal will make the registry situation worse, but > it may break my solution to the headaches Python's registry use causes with > some non-standard module installers (and even the standard distutils exe > installers, but that is being mitigated). In the wild exist modules with > their own EXE or MSI installers that check the registry for 'the system > python'. No matter how hard you hit them, they will only install to *that > one python*. If I remember correctly, you can use `wheel convert filename.exe` on those installers which create a wheel that you can install. I think that's what I used to do with pywin32 before pypiwin32 came along. I just tested it and it still works on the pywin32 exe.
_______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
