Python 2.2 unwise.exe

Tim Peters tim.one at comcast.net
Tue Apr 16 16:38:52 EDT 2002


[Tim]
> On a clean Win2K Pro box, I'm finally able to provoke this (or at
> least one of its causes) reproducibly, via:
>
> 1. Boot the box.
>
> 2. Install 2.2.1.
>
> 3. Uninstall 2.2.1.
>
> 4. Install 2.2.1 again.  Note that \Python22\UNWISE.EXE is there.
>
> 5. Reboot the box (just logging off and on again isn't enough).
>
> 6. Now \Python22\UNWISE.EXE no longer exists.

For anyone playing along, this particular way of provoking the problem
appears stoppable via inserting step 2a:

2a: Delete this line from near the end of \Python22\INSTALL.LOG:

    Delete in-use files: On






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