[issue1569] Add VS CRT redist to the MSI installer

2008-05-01 Thread Christian Heimes
Christian Heimes [EMAIL PROTECTED] added the comment: As far as I understood recent commits Martin has figured out how to integrate the VS CRT redist merge modules into the MSI installer. Am I correct? -- status: open - pending __ Tracker [EMAIL

[issue1569] Add VS CRT redist to the MSI installer

2008-05-01 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Martin v. Löwis [EMAIL PROTECTED] added the comment: Correct. This is now fixed. -- resolution: - fixed status: pending - closed __ Tracker [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bugs.python.org/issue1569 __

[issue1569] Add VS CRT redist to the MSI installer

2008-02-29 Thread Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven
Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven added the comment: Hi Martin, yes, that's exactly what I am saying actually. :) This is the resulting file I created: Python26.msi Right now it only installs into C:\Python26 and puts python.exe, pythonw.exe and python26.dll there, but it is a start. In

[issue1569] Add VS CRT redist to the MSI installer

2008-02-29 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: Ok, I never doubted VS can do merge modules (what else if not VS could do so?). What I'm still questioning that it is possible to do a full Python installer as a VS setup project. I personally don't think it's even worth the effort to try, but I might be wrong.

[issue1569] Add VS CRT redist to the MSI installer

2008-02-28 Thread Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven
Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven added the comment: OK, I played around a bit and created a setup project (.vdproj file). The relevant part for the merge modules is: MergeModule { {CEE29DC0-9FBA-4B99-8D47-5BC643D9B626}:_8968169979C7478FA06F2A63790836FB {

[issue1569] Add VS CRT redist to the MSI installer

2008-02-28 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: So on that front I think it is a mission accomplished, now to tweak and tune. Please do attach the project. I can't quite understand what it is that you have achieved. Is that a project file that can create a full Python installer?

[issue1569] Add VS CRT redist to the MSI installer

2008-02-25 Thread Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven
Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven added the comment: As taken from http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/ archive/2006/08/23/715755.aspx Hi Didier - You should not try to install this vcredist package using a nested install. Performing nested installs causes problems with installing hotfixes for the

[issue1569] Add VS CRT redist to the MSI installer

2008-02-25 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: asmodai, which details in these postings are you referring to specifically? I find none of them helpful, wrt to packaging Python. __ Tracker [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bugs.python.org/issue1569 __

[issue1569] Add VS CRT redist to the MSI installer

2008-02-25 Thread Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven
Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven added the comment: The hints that the vcredist cannot/should not be installed nested, but should be chained. The details on the full flags used/supported by the vcredist files. And the last one how to do the merge modules (and some other scenario's) way of adding

[issue1569] Add VS CRT redist to the MSI installer

2007-12-07 Thread Christian Heimes
New submission from Christian Heimes: The 3.0a2 installer requires the user to install the VS CRT library manually. 3.0a3 and 2.6a1 should automate the installation of vsredist somehow. -- components: Installation, Windows keywords: py3k messages: 58278 nosy: jorend, loewis, tiran

[issue1569] Add VS CRT redist to the MSI installer

2007-12-07 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: I tried running vcredist from within the python MSI. That aborts with error message that it can't run another installer while one is already running. __ Tracker [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bugs.python.org/issue1569