Bug 212490

Summary:	dev-lang/python-2.4.4-r9 - files wininst-*.exe was incorrectly deleted from python installation
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Michael Dubner <dubnerm>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	VERIFIED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198021#c4
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Description Michael Dubner 2008-03-06 13:59:43 UTC

Files was incorrectly deleted from python installation in dev-lang/python-2.4.4-r9
/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/command/wininst-*.exe
They are required for building package installations.
These binaries included especially because not everyone can build them on
non-windows system, but developers still need to package pure-python extensions.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Michael Dubner 2008-03-06 18:42:13 UTC

Why it's RESOLVED INVALID without any reason?
Look at the python documentation:
http://docs.python.org/dist/postinstallation-script.html
> If you have a pure module distribution (only containing pure Python modules and
> packages), the resulting installer will be version independent and have a name
> like foo-1.0.win32.exe. These installers can even be created on Unix or Mac OS
> platforms.

Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-03-06 18:56:50 UTC

Because you are not using Windows, anything unclear about this?


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 198021 ***

Comment 3 Michael Dubner 2008-03-07 01:16:27 UTC

This is NOT for using windows, this is for packaging python modules for windows _targets_. This is why I've passed link to documentation and quotation from it.

You are going to discriminate packagers/distributors?

Comment 4 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-03-07 04:20:44 UTC

Why don't you argue this on the original bug, thanks.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 198021 ***