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| author | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2002-04-16 20:48:01 (GMT) |
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| committer | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2002-04-16 20:48:01 (GMT) |
| commit | 08e7295ef8492bcf88dda45b15953bbb4d35914d (patch) | |
| tree | c0c4c9f781f1752600de2b7c4aeb318dd94d5632 | |
| parent | 34f300a53ea4e5a8396129b171e6d97bf4e4680d (diff) | |
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Windows installer: disabled Wise's "delete in-use files" uninstall
option. It was the cause of at least one way UNWISE.EXE could vanish
(install a python; uninstall it; install it again; reboot the machine;
abracadabra the uinstaller is gone).
Bugfix candidate, but I'll backport it myself.
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | PCbuild/python20.wse | 11 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ Tests Windows +- Sometimes the uninstall executable (UNWISE.EXE) vanishes. One cause + of that has been fixed in the installer (disabled Wise's "delete in- + use files" uninstall option). + - Fixed a bug in urllib's proxy handling in Windows. [SF bug #503031] - The installer now installs Start menu shortcuts under (the local diff --git a/PCbuild/python20.wse b/PCbuild/python20.wse index 230bce4..400da40 100644 --- a/PCbuild/python20.wse +++ b/PCbuild/python20.wse @@ -2865,7 +2865,16 @@ item: Self-Register OCXs/DLLs end item: Remark end -item: Add Text to INSTALL.LOG +remarked item: Remark + Text=Don't enable "Delete in-use files". Here's what happens: +end +remarked item: Remark + Text=Install Python; uninstall Python; install Python again. Reboot the machine. +end +remarked item: Remark + Text=Now UNWISE.EXE is missing. I think this is a Wise bug, but so it goes. +end +remarked item: Add Text to INSTALL.LOG Text=Delete in-use files: On end item: Remark |