[python-win32] Unpackaged binary version of pywin32

[David Fraser]

Ross McKerchar wrote:
> Paul Moore wrote:
>  > On 11/14/06, Ross McKerchar <it at crummock.com> wrote:
>  >> I would like to repackage the win32 extensions as an msi using the the
>  >> bdist_msi distutils extension, allowing me to deploy the package to
>  >> multiple clients using group policy.
>  >
>  > The executable installer (bdist_wininst) format is basically a zip
>  > file with an executable header added, so you can unzip it using
>  > something like winzip. Having said that, the installer runs a
>  > postinstall script to do a lot of the setup actions - I don't know if
>  > bdist_msi handles postinstall scripts.
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> Unfortunately I didn't manage to get distutils working on the extracted 
> binaries (I couldn't get it to skip trying to compile, a step doomed to 
> failure if you dont have a compiler installed).
>
> However, I did manage to manually repackage the install as a (fairly 
> primitive) msi. If anyone would like this (build 210 for python 2.5) 
> please email me. If there's enough interest I'll post it for download.
I guess me asking would count as enough interest then? I'd be interested 
in the setup script used for it as well...

Cheers
David