Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'distutils': 0.07; 'error:': 0.07; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'tismer': 0.09; 'subject:Help': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'bug': 0.12; 'c++.': 0.16; 'deduced': 0.16; 'exited': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'subject:3.3': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; '>>>': 0.22; 'programming': 0.22; 'install': 0.23; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'script': 0.25; 'tracker': 0.26; 'second': 0.26; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; '>>>>': 0.31; 'fri,': 0.33; 'guess': 0.33; 'something': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'version': 0.36; 'raising': 0.36; 'wrong': 0.37; 'easily': 0.37; 'christian': 0.38; '2008': 0.38; 'nov': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'issue': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'rather': 0.38; 'visual': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'unable': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'world.': 0.61; "you've": 0.63; 'worth': 0.66; 'received:2': 0.84; 'ware': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: Help Python 3.3 Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 22:06:47 +0000 References: <70feb2f0-fb2d-40e6-9261-9e18e6878d77@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-2-98-200-204.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.1.0 In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 29 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1383343627 news.xs4all.nl 15960 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:52645 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:58295 On 01/11/2013 21:50, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 11/1/2013 4:49 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: >> On 01/11/2013 13:33, Zachary Ware wrote: >>> On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 8:20 AM, wrote: >>>> >>>> error: Setup script exited with error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat >>>> >>> >>> I would have to guess that you've got the wrong version of Visual C++. >>> You can install both 2008 and 2010 in parallel, if you need 2008 for >>> something else. >>> >> >> As "you've got the wrong version of Visual C++" isn't easily deduced >> from "Unable to find vcvarsall.bat", would it be worth raising an issue >> on the bug tracker to get the message changed? > > Only if that message comes from something distributed with CPython, > rather than from Microsoft. > distutils -- Python is the second best programming language in the world. But the best has yet to be invented. Christian Tismer Mark Lawrence