Mark Hammond wrote: > Greg writes: >> Mark Hammond wrote: >> >>> The only conflict I see here is the requirement to install into >> "\Program Files" >> >> Doesn't that just mean that if an OEM decides to preinstall it, >> they need to put it in Program Files? They're at liberty to >> do that. > > I'm not very familiar with the OEM process, but I believe the software is > automatically installed after the first boot from MSI files supplied by the > OEM partner (so technically, its not "pre-installed" at all). I don't know > enough about how that works to know how easy it would be to override that > option during installation - hopefully Gerald will fill us in with more > details... > > [Hrm - looking closer at that HTML link I sent before, it says specifically > "Per-machine installs must install to Program Files by default in order to > pass this test case" - that seems pretty clear...]
Given that the links in Gerald's examples were under Program Files, I had assumed that HP were tweaking the installer at least that much... Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Brisbane, Australia --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com