Python 3.1.1 installer botches upgrade when installation is not on C drive.

Gabriel Genellina gagsl-py2 at yahoo.com.ar
Mon Dec 21 21:53:48 EST 2009


En Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:25:05 -0300, John Nagle <nagle at animats.com>  
escribió:

>     I just installed "python3.1.1.msi" on a system that had  
> "python3.1.msi" installed in "D:/python31".  The installer found the old  
> installation in
> "D:/python31", partially trashed it, and then installed the new version
> in "C:/python31".
>
>     I uninstalled the failed install, and reinstalled.  On a new install,
> the installer prompts for the destination dir, and that works.
> Upgrade installs, though, are botched.

That's strange. I usually install into d:\apps\pythonNN. Apart from the  
fact that the installer always suggests c:\pythonNN (even if already  
installed in another location) I don't remember a problem like yours.
Which Windows version?

-- 
Gabriel Genellina




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