> What does the merge do? I can't find mention of it > in the docs. It merges the msvcrt merge module into the installer (and then monkey patches it, to revert the msm decision of setting ALLUSERS). I tried to integrate it originally as a step after creating the msi. Unfortunately, the merge object refused to open the database, claiming that the file is in use (even though I had closed it). Hence I need to processes. If you can figure out how to combine them into one, again, that would be much appreciated.
If you don't merge the CRT, the resulting Python installation will fail on systems were a) VS 2008 is not installed (nor has the stand-alone CRT installer been run, nor has anything else been installed that comes with the CRT), and b) Python is installed "for all users" (else a private copy of msvcr90.dll gets installed) Regards, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list