[Python-Dev] 2.5b1 Windows install

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Aahz wrote:
> Has anyone else tried doing an admin install with "compile .py files"
> checked?  It's causing my install to blow up, but I'd prefer to assume
> it's some weird Windows config/bug unless other people also have it, in
> which case I'll file an SF report.

It works fine for me. One way for it to fail is if you uncompilable
modules in the target directory. Currently, it invokes

  [TARGETDIR]python.exe -Wi [TARGETDIR]Lib\compileall.py -f -x
bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages [TARGETDIR]Lib

where TARGETDIR is, well, the target directory of the installation.
You could try to run this after you installed Python without pyc
compilation, to see whether it succeeds.

Regards,
martin