Bugs item #1161187, was opened at 2005-03-11 03:56 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by tim_one You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1161187&group_id=5470
Category: Installation Group: Python 2.4 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Spider (m_webber_sydney) Assigned to: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) Summary: Install problem 2.4.1rc1 on Win98 Initial Comment: Python 2.4.1 Release Candidate 1. I installed (with all the defautl settings) python-2.4.1c1.msi on a Windows 98 machine. The shortcuts in the Start / Programs / Python 2.4 group includes a shortcut named "Python Manuals". This shortcut is inactive - does not point to anything valid, and clicking on it does not bring up the manuals. I assume that the shortcut should point to C:/Python24/Doc/Python24.chm which certainly exists on my machine and works ok if I access it directly. I guess the install builds the shortcut wrongly. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Tim Peters (tim_one) Date: 2005-03-12 13:16 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=31435 Hmm. On my box (WinXP, etc), _all_ the shortcut property sheets look like this (greyed out target, disabled buttons) with the sole exception of "Uninstall Python". Why they don't come up with editable strings and "Find Target ..." enabled remains a mystery then. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Spider (m_webber_sydney) Date: 2005-03-12 08:05 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1237039 Installer was already on the machine. I am testing this under VMWare, by the way. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) Date: 2005-03-12 07:13 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=21627 Did you install Installer 2.0 as part of the Python installation, or was it already on your machine? If you did install it, did you reboot after installing it? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Spider (m_webber_sydney) Date: 2005-03-12 06:59 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1237039 As requested, I uninstalled, rebooted and then installed with C;\windows\system\msiexec.exe /i python-2.4.1c1.msi DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS=1 That worked, and the shortcut to the Manuals was correctly built this time (I did not need to reboot). Let me know if you want any further tests. Matthew ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) Date: 2005-03-12 06:16 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=21627 Also, did you reboot the machine after installing the install 2.0? According to http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/platform_support_of_advertisement.asp advertised shortcuts don't work until the machine is rebooted. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) Date: 2005-03-12 06:14 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=21627 m_webber_sydney, can you please also try the following procedure, and report whether it changes anything? - uninstall your current 2.4.1 installation - reinstall it, using the following command in a command.com window msiexec /i python-2.4.1c1.msi DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS=1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) Date: 2005-03-12 05:59 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=21627 It's an "advertised shortcut" - a special OLE file that the shell recognizes and unpacks as a link. However, before unpacking it, it verifies that the target file is there, and if it isn't, it invokes invokes installer to provide the file. According to Microsoft's documentation, installer checks whether the IShellLink interface supports "installer description resolution", which should be the case for W2k, W98, and systems running IE4. If installer determines that the system does not support advertisement, it creates an unadvertised shortcut. So it "ought to" work on all systems. The IDLE shortcut is unadvertised, because it is not possible to trigger the Tkinter installation correctly. m_webber_sydney, does the "Python (command line)" link work correctly? It is built in the same way. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Tim Peters (tim_one) Date: 2005-03-11 10:42 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=31435 Assigning to Martin. Martin, what kind of "shortcut" does the installer build now -- could it perhaps depend on an NTFS feature, like hard links? Why I ask: When I right-click on, e.g., "IDLE (Python GUI)" and select Properties in a 2.3 installation, I get "the expected" kind of window, with a Shortcut tab containing C:\Python23\pythonw.exe "C:\Python23\Lib\idlelib\idle.pyw" in the Target box, which is an editable string. When I do the same with 2.4.1c1 (and don't know about 2.4 -- never tried this there), the Shortcut tab's Target box contains just Python 2.4.1c1 and that's greyed out -- can't edit it. The "Find Target .." and "Change Icon .." buttons are greyed out too. It _works_ for me anyway, but I'm on WinXP + NTFS here. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1161187&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
