[issue15533] subprocess.Popen(cwd) documentation: Posix vs Windows

2018-06-13 Thread Damon Atkins
Damon Atkins added the comment: >From https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682425.aspx Note Python is using CreateProcess(), consider using CreateProcessW() The Unicode version of this function, CreateProcessW, can modify the contents of this string. Theref

[issue15533] subprocess.Popen(cwd) documentation: Posix vs Windows

2018-06-13 Thread Damon Atkins
Damon Atkins added the comment: See also https://bugs.python.org/msg262399 -- ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue15533> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list m

[issue15533] subprocess.Popen(cwd) documentation: Posix vs Windows

2018-06-13 Thread Damon Atkins
Damon Atkins added the comment: I see from this. That this is still an issue https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Lib/subprocess.py#L1146 Is it not a solution to save current directory location chdir(cwd) before calling _winapi.CreateProcess() restore the original directory

[issue31103] Windows Installer Product Version 3.6.2150.0 Offset By 0.0.150.0

2017-08-04 Thread Damon Atkins
Damon Atkins added the comment: To Summaries A) Name/DisplayName "Python 3.X (64-bit)" or "Python 3.X.Y" (64-bit) "Python 3.X (64-bit)" would match the install directory which is \Python3X (this should be \Python3.X) Display Version should start with

[issue31103] Windows Installer Product Version 3.6.2150.0 Offset By 0.0.150.0

2017-08-03 Thread Damon Atkins
Damon Atkins added the comment: Because this entry "python 3.5.3 (64-bit)" is the USER part of the registry, only the user who installs python can see that it is installed. -- ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <htt

[issue31103] Windows Installer Product Version 3.6.2150.0 Offset By 0.0.150.0

2017-08-03 Thread Damon Atkins
Damon Atkins added the comment: The python 3.5.3 (64-bit) installer currently adds most of the components installed in the "MACHINE" Registry all but 1 item (2 entries) "python 3.5.3 (64-bit)" software entry which it places in both the 32 bit and also the 64 bit

[issue31103] Windows Installer Product Version 3.6.2150.0 Offset By 0.0.150.0

2017-08-03 Thread Damon Atkins
Damon Atkins added the comment: Hi Guys, The reason I raise the original is for all those configuration management tools which need the version number. In the uninstall registry is very much an inconsistent. *Anything with a Display Name in the registry (name in the GUI) will be listed

[issue31077] Windows Installer Version

2017-07-29 Thread Damon Atkins
New submission from Damon Atkins: The Windows installer for example titles the software as Display Name:Python 3.5.3 (64-bit) Display Version: 3.5.3150.0 The default install folder is C:\Program Files\Python35 There is no consistency It looks like the 3150 been shorten to 3 If you look