[issue20641] Python installer needs elevated rights to install pip

2014-03-17 Thread Roundup Robot
Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 31c7dc7ccbaa by Martin v. Löwis in branch '3.4': Issue #20641: Run custom actions with the NoImpersonate flag to support UAC. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/31c7dc7ccbaa -- ___ Python tracker

[issue20641] Python installer needs elevated rights to install pip

2014-02-22 Thread Martin v . Löwis
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: I managed to reproduce the problem. It happens (for me) when installing into c:\program files (or \program files (x86)). I'll look into fixing it. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org

[issue20641] Python installer needs elevated rights to install pip

2014-02-22 Thread Mark Lawrence
Mark Lawrence added the comment: FTR I was referring to Terry's comment that there's no pip.xxx in c:/windows. Pleased to see you have it sussed :) -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue20641

[issue20641] Python installer needs elevated rights to install pip

2014-02-22 Thread Patrick Westerhoff
Patrick Westerhoff added the comment: Hey all, yes, I indeed try to install Python into `C:\Program Files\`. I’m doing that on Windows 8.1 64bit with an Administrator account (which doesn’t matter though) with standard UAC (which only asks when applications make changes to the computer

[issue20641] Python installer needs elevated rights to install pip

2014-02-22 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I am installing into C:/Programs, so the problem is not specific to 'Program Files', with a space. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue20641

[issue20641] Python installer needs elevated rights to install pip

2014-02-22 Thread Roundup Robot
Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 7b80f57f904e by Martin v. Löwis in branch 'default': Issue #20641: Run custom actions with the NoImpersonate flag to support UAC. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/7b80f57f904e -- nosy: +python-dev ___

[issue20641] Python installer needs elevated rights to install pip

2014-02-22 Thread Martin v . Löwis
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: This is now fixed; the cherry-picking request is issue20738. -- resolution: - fixed status: open - closed ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue20641

[issue20641] Python installer needs elevated rights to install pip

2014-02-22 Thread Patrick Westerhoff
Patrick Westerhoff added the comment: That’s great to hear, thanks a lot :) -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue20641 ___ ___

[issue20641] Python installer needs elevated rights to install pip

2014-02-21 Thread Nick Coghlan
Nick Coghlan added the comment: Patrick, could you let us know exactly which version of Windows exhibited the problem? I also had no issues when testing the 3.4b3 installer on Windows 7 64-bit a few weeks ago, and I don't believe I have adjusted the UAC settings on that machine. --

[issue20641] Python installer needs elevated rights to install pip

2014-02-21 Thread Martin v . Löwis
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: Also, what kind of account exactly is attempting to perform the installation? -- priority: release blocker - normal ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue20641

[issue20641] Python installer needs elevated rights to install pip

2014-02-21 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I have default UAC on win7, 64 bit, installed from user account, gave admin password when requested, and did not see an error message (but have not tried to use pip either). 'pip' at command line is not recognized, but I don't know if it should be or if I

[issue20641] Python installer needs elevated rights to install pip

2014-02-21 Thread Nick Coghlan
Nick Coghlan added the comment: Try pip3, Terry - there's an error in rc1 that means it doesn't install the unversioned command (this is planned to be fixed in rc2). -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue20641

[issue20641] Python installer needs elevated rights to install pip

2014-02-21 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: pip3 is not recognized either. There is a bunch of stuff added to 3.4 site_packages: easy_install, pip, pip1.5.2..., setuptools, setuptools2-1..., There is a py.exe but no pip.xxx in c:/windows. -- ___ Python

[issue20641] Python installer needs elevated rights to install pip

2014-02-21 Thread Mark Lawrence
Mark Lawrence added the comment: Surely tools like this would still be installed in c:\Python34\Scripts and not c:\Windows ? -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue20641

[issue20641] Python installer needs elevated rights to install pip

2014-02-21 Thread Martin v . Löwis
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: Mark: the installation of py.exe in c:\windows is correct, see PEP 397. Note that this is not at all the issue reported here. Terry: Whether or not pip3 is found on the path is not the issue reported here, either. The OP mentioned a permission error,

[issue20641] Python installer needs elevated rights to install pip

2014-02-20 Thread Martin v . Löwis
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: I cannot reproduce the problem. It works fine for me. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue20641 ___

[issue20641] Python installer needs elevated rights to install pip

2014-02-16 Thread Patrick Westerhoff
New submission from Patrick Westerhoff: When installing Python 3.4 with the MSI, you can choose to install pip as part of the setup. With activated UAC on Windows (which is the recommended default), the installer will ask for elevated rights during the setup to copy the files over to the

[issue20641] Python installer needs elevated rights to install pip

2014-02-16 Thread Ned Deily
Ned Deily added the comment: Elevating to release blocker pending evaluation by Martin et al. -- nosy: +larry, loewis, ncoghlan, ned.deily priority: normal - release blocker ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue20641