Michael Foord <mich...@voidspace.org.uk> added the comment: Hmmm... ok, so I was running on Vista where a normal user can't create files in the "Program Files" directory anyway. If I run with elevated permissions then I get the same error as reported on the IronPython issue on codeplex (which is probably what you will see if you try this on Windows XP):
C:\compile\test\foo-1.0>"C:\Program Files\IronPython 2.6\ipy.exe" setup.py install running install running build running build_py running install_lib copying build\lib\foo.py -> C:\Program Files\IronPython 2.6\Lib\site-packages byte-compiling C:\Program Files\IronPython 2.6\Lib\site-packages\foo.py to foo.p yc Traceback (most recent call last): File "setup.py", line 2, in setup.py File "C:\Program Files\IronPython 2.6\Lib\distutils\core.py", line 152, in set up File "C:\Program Files\IronPython 2.6\Lib\distutils\dist.py", line 975, in run _commands File "C:\Program Files\IronPython 2.6\Lib\distutils\dist.py", line 995, in run _command File "C:\Program Files\IronPython 2.6\Lib\distutils\command\install.py", line 589, in run File "C:\Program Files\IronPython 2.6\Lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 333, in run_ command File "C:\Program Files\IronPython 2.6\Lib\distutils\dist.py", line 995, in run _command File "C:\Program Files\IronPython 2.6\Lib\distutils\command\install_lib.py", l ine 100, in run File "C:\Program Files\IronPython 2.6\Lib\distutils\command\install_lib.py", l ine 134, in byte_compile File "C:\Program Files\IronPython 2.6\Lib\distutils\util.py", line 535, in byt e_compile File "C:\Program Files\IronPython 2.6\Lib\py_compile.py", line 138, in compile ValueError: unmarshallable object C:\compile\test\foo-1.0> ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue7071> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com