[issue37468] Don't install wininst*.exe on non-Windows platforms

Ned Deily added the comment: The merged PR broke "make libinstall" and, hence, "make install" with at least some versions of make. See Issue37653. -- nosy: +ned.deily ___ Python tracker ___

[issue37468] Don't install wininst*.exe on non-Windows platforms

STINNER Victor added the comment: I sent a notice to python-dev about this change. If someone considers that my change is wrong on Cygwin or MinGW, please propose a pull request. https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-...@python.org/thread/53T647PT4F5QZ5NOX2GDLMMPC5EPJY4Y/ In the meanwh

[issue37468] Don't install wininst*.exe on non-Windows platforms

STINNER Victor added the comment: New changeset e8692818afd731c1b7e925c626ac8200b1f1c31e by Victor Stinner in branch 'master': bpo-37468: make install no longer install wininst-*.exe files (GH-14511) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e8692818afd731c1b7e925c626ac8200b1f1c31e -

[issue37468] Don't install wininst*.exe on non-Windows platforms

Change by STINNER Victor : -- nosy: +dstufft, eric.araujo ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: htt

[issue37468] Don't install wininst*.exe on non-Windows platforms

Change by STINNER Victor : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +14327 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/14511 ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue37468] Don't install wininst*.exe on non-Windows platforms

STINNER Victor added the comment: Debian doesn't distribute wininst*.exe binaries in their python* packages. debian/rules explicitly removes thesee files: find $(d) -name 'wininst*.exe' | xargs -r rm -f -- RHEL7 issue closed as WONTFIX: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1566459 -

[issue37468] Don't install wininst*.exe on non-Windows platforms

New submission from STINNER Victor : bdist_wininst only works on Windows: see bpo-10945 and commit 72cd653c4ed7a4f8f8fb06ac364b08a97085a2b5. So $PREFIX/lib/python3.9/distutils/command/wininst-*.exe are useless on Linux (for example). Attached PR modify "make install" to not longer install wi