[Python-Dev] Critical bash vulnerability CVE-2014-6271 may affect Python on *n*x and OSX

2014-09-25 Thread Bob Hanson
pot.com/2014/09/quick-notes-about-bash-bug-its-impact.html> <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/24/17> Also see <news:gmane.comp.security.fulldisclosure> for thread on same being started today. --Bob Hanson ___ Pyth

Re: [Python-Dev] MSI installer won't install on WinXP-SP2 (was Re: [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0 release candidate 1)

2014-02-12 Thread Bob Hanson
TL;DR: Solved. Thanks, Victor, for prodding me to jump through all those Windows hoops. ;-) [More comments interleaved below:] On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:15:43 +0100, Victor Stinner wrote: > 2014-02-12 18:10 GMT+01:00 Bob Hanson : > > By the way, why not upgrading to SP3? :-) Lots of rea

Re: [Python-Dev] MSI installer won't install on WinXP-SP2 (was Re: [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0 release candidate 1)

2014-02-12 Thread Bob Hanson
stopher. However, see my last reply to Victor up-thread -- the problem is now solved, I think. (I had to use the Windows Add/Remove programs applet to fix things.) Bob Hanson ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.or

Re: [Python-Dev] MSI installer won't install on WinXP-SP2 (was Re: [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0 release candidate 1)

2014-02-12 Thread Bob Hanson
On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 17:42:49 +0100, Victor Stinner wrote: > 2014-02-12 17:30 GMT+01:00 Bob Hanson : > > > [32-bit Windows XP-SP2] > > > > Python 3.4.0rc1's MSI installer won't install on my machine. > > I justed tested Python 3.4.0rc1 MSI installer

[Python-Dev] MSI installer won't install on WinXP-SP2 (was Re: [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0 release candidate 1)

2014-02-12 Thread Bob Hanson
trouble with Python 3.4.0b2's installer, not sure if the problem is here or with the installer. (But b2 did install and seem to be okay.) Bob Hanson ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev

Re: [Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0b2

2014-01-08 Thread Bob Hanson
problem at my end. Thanks to all. On Mon, 6 Jan 2014 05:43:38 -1000, Guido van Rossum wrote: > On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 5:29 AM, Bob Hanson wrote: > > > [For the record: I'm running 32bit Windows XP (Pro) SP2 and > > installing "for all users."] > > > >

Re: [Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0b2

2014-01-06 Thread Bob Hanson
me Window users may well end up without it -- and then not know why something later doesn't work. Got to go now, but will check in this evening or in the morning, tomorrow. Again, many thanks to all for the help -- Bob Hanson ___ Python-Dev mailing

Re: [Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0b2

2014-01-05 Thread Bob Hanson
On Sun, 5 Jan 2014 23:54:41 -0600, Tim Peters wrote: [Bob Hanson] > >> ... magnifying glass, I see it is two very long URLs ending with > >> something like after the blah-blah: < ... akametechnology.com> [Stephen J. Turnbull] > > I suppose you tried cutting and

Re: [Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0b2

2014-01-05 Thread Bob Hanson
On Sun, 5 Jan 2014 21:09:53 -0600, Tim Peters wrote: > [Bob Hanson] > > Forgive me, but I'm an old man with very poor vision. Using my > > magnifying glass, I see it is two very long URLs ending with > > something like after the blah-blah: < ... akametechnology.com&g

Re: [Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0b2

2014-01-05 Thread Bob Hanson
t use the Windows firewall, and I have mine sent to block all apps connecting in or out unless I make specific rules for them. I have never authorized C:/Windows/System32/msiexec.exe to connect in or out (and it didn't ;-) ). Bob Hanson ___ Pyt

Re: [Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0b2

2014-01-05 Thread Bob Hanson
[Bob Hanson] > > This is the first time I ever installed a version of Python which > > caused something called "MSIEXEC.EXE" [Tim Peters] > msiexec.exe is not part of the Python download.. msiexec.exe is part > of the Windows operating system, and is precisely the

Re: [Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0b2

2014-01-05 Thread Bob Hanson
all-warning "glitch" assuming it's okay. Or, possibly, a silent failure of "something" if they're firewalled with warnings turned off? If it's not pip, what is it? Finally, is my install now broken? Are offline installs now not possible. Does one now need an al