Éric Araujo mer...@netwok.org added the comment:
Thorsten Behrens said:
You are right, this is not a bug in Python. The diff provides a
workaround for a limitation in VC++ 2008 Express. This diff is a
piece of user service.
ipatrol added:
Purity shmurity. The point of distutils is largely
Stefan Krah stefan-use...@bytereef.org added the comment:
Hmm, in http://bugs.python.org/issue7511#msg106420 Tarek appeared to
be supportive of the patch.
Re DISTUTILS_USE_SDK:
I don't think many users are aware of this variable. Also, it is not
needed at all; it is sufficient to execute
Marc-Andre Lemburg m...@egenix.com added the comment:
mike bayer wrote:
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regarding hey this is an MS bug not Python, projects which feature
optional C extensions are starting to apply workarounds for the issue on
their end (I
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Stefan Krah stefan-use...@bytereef.org added the comment:
Marc-Andre Lemburg rep...@bugs.python.org wrote:
Wouldn't it be better to have distutils tell the user about the
possible options, instead of guessing and then possibly compiling
extensions which later on don't import or import, but
mike bayer mike...@zzzcomputing.com added the comment:
I think it's fair to ask the user to setup the environment correctly
before running python setup.py install
We're supporting automatic fallback to non-C install for those environments
that don't support it. We're just looking for a
mike bayer mike...@zzzcomputing.com added the comment:
regarding hey this is an MS bug not Python, projects which feature optional C
extensions are starting to apply workarounds for the issue on their end (I will
need to commit a specific catch for this to SQLAlchemy) - users need to install
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ipatrol ipatrol6...@yahoo.com added the comment:
Going through more than a few registry keys, here are some that stood out for
me:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A
InstallationFolder
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.1
Thorsten Behrens sbehr...@gmx.li added the comment:
Confirmed that this issue exists on Python 3.1 and 3.2b2. The exception thrown
presents as:
ValueError: ['path', 'include', 'lib']
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Stefan Krah stefan-use...@bytereef.org added the comment:
Before anyone does any further testing:
Tarek, can this go into distutils 2.7/3.2 (after 3.2 has been released)?
Due to the popularity of this issue I think it might be worthwhile to
make an exception and ignore the distutils freeze.
Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de added the comment:
IIUC, the issue is that people installing a 64-bit Python, and VS Express, and
then wonder why they can't build extension modules. I'm not so sure that there
is a bug in Python here - this setup is not supported (and that's really
Thorsten Behrens sbehr...@gmx.li added the comment:
You are right, this is not a bug in Python. The diff provides a workaround for
a limitation in VC++ 2008 Express. This diff is a piece of user service.
An equally as workable workaround is for the user to copy VC\bin\vcvars64.bat
into
ipatrol ipatrol6...@yahoo.com added the comment:
Purity shmurity. The point of distutils is largely to present a unified and
simple interface. 'python setup.py install' should be all a user has to do on
any platform. Unless you can come up with a better idea, MSVC is really the
only big
Thorsten Behrens sbehr...@gmx.li added the comment:
I can test this for 3.1, as all I have is the Express version of VC++. If you
could point me towards a library that will work with 3.1 and has C components,
that'll make the testing a lot easier. pycrypto and setuptools, the two libs
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Ryan Seto mr.werew...@gmail.com added the comment:
I came across this issue while trying to install mercurial using easy_install.
I applied the vcvars4.diff to my distutils and this solved the problem.
Environment:
Python 2.6.6 (64 bit)
setuptools-0.6c11.tar.gz
installed using the following
Stefan Krah stefan-use...@bytereef.org added the comment:
Stefan (sorry for the misattribution in my previous message), can you test
with 3.2 and 3.1 and adjust versions if needed?
Not easily at the moment. I just noticed that I replaced my only
Express installation with a Pro trial-edition.
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Stefan (sorry for the misattribution in my previous message), can you test with
3.2 and 3.1 and adjust versions if needed?
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Sridhar, can you test with 3.2 and 3.1 and adjust versions?
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ipatrol ipatrol6...@yahoo.com added the comment:
I noticed that the directions from mathworks are no longer correct. The only
optional feature is a 64 bit SQL server. Yet I still can't get it to work
correctly. Does MS no longer provide the compiler in their free editions?
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HAHA DISREGARD THAT, WRONG DOWNLOAD. However, the C++ compiler `is` now
installed by default. P.S: that second ValueError?
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ipatrol ipatrol6...@yahoo.com added the comment:
Aren't there two ValueErrors in the file? One is a platform and (in the
now-fixed version) the other would indicate a problem with I/O or vcvars
execution (like permissions).
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ipatrol, thanks, I forgot to change ValueError. New patch attached.
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Closed issue 9224 as a duplicate of this one; merging nosy lists.
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Stefan Krah stefan-use...@bytereef.org added the comment:
I've been looking at this again because of new duplicate reports.
I think we need to distinguish between amd64 and x86_amd64/x86_ia64.
But using arch=x86 as the default parameter would do fine.
Re unit test:
The test will only work
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New version for the patch with a default value for arch.
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New version of the patch with a default value for arch.
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ipatrol ipatrol6...@yahoo.com added the comment:
May I request we resolve this by folding this patch into the main source tree
for the next bugfix release?
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Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de added the comment:
ipatrol: have you actually tested the patch? If so, which specific version, and
on what specific Python version?
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ipatrol ipatrol6...@yahoo.com added the comment:
Actually, I forgot the 64 bit directions X-? It will take some time for
everything to download. But I did apply the patch and it did give me the 64
bit SDK not installed error. Also, I think the tow ValueErrors should be
changed to
Tarek Ziadé ziade.ta...@gmail.com added the comment:
Remarks with the patch:
- we need to keep the find_vcvarsall() backward compatible. e.g. define a
default value for arch.
- Next, since this fix is specific to 64bt and since *any value* in arch will
be used as not 64 bits, I think the
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Stefan Krah stefan-use...@bytereef.org added the comment:
I agree with all points. Could you fix it directly if at all possible?
Of course eventually I'd do it, it might take some time until I get
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R. David Murray rdmur...@bitdance.com added the comment:
Some committers have been using 'resolution: accepted' as a way to mark issues
that are definitely going to be fixed/enhancement added. For a critical bug I
think this is a bit redundant (it is more useful for feature requests), but I'm
Tarek Ziadé ziade.ta...@gmail.com added the comment:
Yes I used 'accepted' to mark this issue as something I am working on.
I am confused about the resolution flag, I think it is a bit overlapping with
the status flag, and overcomplex.
Maybe we should replace closed with various flags like:
Terry J. Reedy tjre...@udel.edu added the comment:
Tarek, when you set the resolution to 'accepted', did you mean to close this?
Resolutions are meant for closed issues.
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Christopher Paolini stormlif...@gmail.com added the comment:
I'm running into the same issue myself. I even installed Visual Studio 2008.
Issue is it installed as a 32-bit application in the x86 directory, not sure
why. I have 64-bit Windows 7. I'm installing the SDK to see if that helps.
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Stefan Krah stefan-use...@bytereef.org added the comment:
Ok, I created a new diff that considers all 64-bit values for 'arch'.
I think x64 cannot occur (See: PLAT_TO_VCVARS). Also, I use the
existence of bin\amd64\vcvarsamd64.bat as a test for VS Professional,
so in that case the new code is
Stefan Krah stefan-use...@bytereef.org added the comment:
'ValueError' should be 'DistutilsPlatformError' in the diff.
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Tarek Ziadé ziade.ta...@gmail.com added the comment:
OK so bin\vcvars64.bat would be an alternative location to look at for
win32-64.
Your diff says amd64, shouldn't it be testing for x86_64, amd64
and x64 ?
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Stefan Krah stefan-use...@bytereef.org added the comment:
I needed a new Windows VM image anyway, so I can now confirm that the
paths of a fresh VS Express + SDK 64-bit tools install are broken as
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Stefan Krah stefan-use...@bytereef.org added the comment:
I think we have two issues here:
First, the default install of VS Express does not support 64-bit tools,
so distutils cannot work with a 64-bit Python install. I verified that
it _does_ work with a 32-bit Python install.
Second, it is
Stefan Krah stefan-use...@bytereef.org added the comment:
I have the same issue with the Express edition. You can work around it
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Tarek Ziadé ziade.ta...@gmail.com added the comment:
That's what distutils does : it runs vcvarsall.bat and pass as the
argument the architecture.
Can you run:
$ vcvarsall.bat arch
(replace arch by x86 or x64)
and paste me the result ? (it looks like the 'path' variable misses
from this
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Win XP 64-bit
Python 2.6.4 64-bit
Getting distribution for 'pycrypto=1.9'.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File string, line 1, in module
File build\bdist.win-amd64\egg\setuptools\command\easy_install.py,
line 1714, in
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I have Visual C++ 2008 express edition installed.
Maybe it is a quirk of express edition as I was able to install pycrypto
fine with the Visual Studio 2008 professional edition at work machine.
In any case, I believe this is a bug
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