They are for the distutils bdist_wininst command (mostly obsolete now, wheels are the preferred binary distribution format these days). The source appears to be in PC\bdist_wininst in the CPython repository.
Paul On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 at 15:10, VanL <van.lindb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am looking into an issue associated with the wininst-*.exe files in the > distutils/command subdirectory. It looks like these are the executable stubs > used to create self-extracting zips for installation - but I am not 100% > sure. It also looks like they include the calls to standard Windows functions > to display the installer window. > > I have a couple questions I need help with: > 1) Am I correct about the function, and if not, what are they? > 2) Where did these come from, and where is their source code? > > Thanks, > Van > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/p.f.moore%40gmail.com _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
