control the directory installation of files with bdist_wininst?

Thomas Heller theller at python.net
Fri May 30 10:28:21 EDT 2003


Gerhard Häring <gh at ghaering.de> writes:

> David wrote:
> > I've made a window installer of some files with bdist_wininst. but I
> > didn't succeed to control the directory installation.
> > The file created with bdist_wininst makes the installation of my files in
> > C:\python22.
> > I'd like to change this directory installation.
> 
> You can't currently install stuff outside the Python root dir. Making
> the install path user-selectable at install time has been on the TODO
> list for some time (look into the source for the bdist_wininst for
> this).
> 
I think I should remove these comments, it is not worth it IMO.

Thomas




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