[issue1128] msilib.Directory.make_short only handles file names with a single dot in them

Henrique Baggio added the comment: @Amaury, Sorry my mistake. I forgot splitext returns a tuple. =/ About your question, if the file name has less then 8 characters, then the function don't change it. Else, it return tha name with 8 chars. e.g., make_short(foo.2.txt) returns FOO.2.TX

[issue1128] msilib.Directory.make_short only handles file names with a single dot in them

Henrique Baggio added the comment: I create a patch using the os.path.splitext function. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file13846/msilib.__init__.patch ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue1

[issue1128] msilib.Directory.make_short only handles file names with a single dot in them

Henrique Baggio added the comment: Sorry, I don't know how create a patch, but just change the line with parts = file.split(".") to parts = os.path.splitext(file) and the problem is fixed. -- nosy: +hnrqbaggio ___ Python