Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.albasani.net!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1a.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 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Windows': 0.02; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'correct.': 0.07; 'subject:installation': 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; 'python': 0.11; 'bug': 0.12; 'language.': 0.14; "wouldn't": 0.14; 'golden': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'stolen': 0.16; 'tjg': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'mechanism': 0.19; 'header :User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'replace': 0.24; 'subject:problem': 0.24; 'looks': 0.24; '---': 0.24; "i've": 0.25; 'tracker': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'installed': 0.27; 'raise': 0.29; 'tim': 0.29; 'up.': 0.33; 'could': 0.34; 'subject:with': 0.35; "can't": 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'case,': 0.35; "didn't": 0.36; "i'll": 0.36; 'possible': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'issue': 0.38; 'fact': 0.38; 'does': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'free': 0.61; 'viruses': 0.61; 'first': 0.61; 'protection': 0.63; 'confirm': 0.64; 'our': 0.64; 'occur': 0.65; 'antivirus': 0.68; 'presumably': 0.84; 'cause,': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: Windows installation problem with 3.3.5 Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 09:32:35 +0000 References: <531D7A61.1090603@timgolden.me.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-78-147-26-83.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.3.0 In-Reply-To: <531D7A61.1090603@timgolden.me.uk> X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 140310-0, 10/03/2014), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean 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: 31 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1394444107 news.xs4all.nl 2854 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:33475 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:68134 On 10/03/2014 08:40, Tim Golden wrote: > On 10/03/2014 03:16, Mark Lawrence wrote: >> It looks as if the upgrade from 3.3.4 to 3.3.5 has stolen my copies of >> py.exe and pyw.exe from c:\windows. Before I raise an issue on the bug >> tracker could someone please confirm this, as it wouldn't be the first >> time I've managed to screw something up. > > > One thing does occur to me: I seem to remember that you have in the past > installed py[w].exe from Vinay's standalone installer. If that was the > case, it's presumably possible that some mechanism of the Python 3.3.5 > .msi removed them and didn't replace them with its own versions? > > > TJG > Correct. I'll flag this on the bug tracker just in case this is in fact the cause, though I can't off of the top of my head see why it should be. -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com