[Python-checkins] r72891 - in python/trunk: Lib/distutils/command/bdist_msi.py Misc/NEWS

Sun May 24 21:10:52 CEST 2009

Author: martin.v.loewis
Date: Sun May 24 21:10:52 2009
New Revision: 72891
Log:
Issue #6065: Do not try to build a version-independent
installer if the package has extension modules.
Also add NEWS entry for #5311.
Modified:
 python/trunk/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_msi.py
 python/trunk/Misc/NEWS
Modified: python/trunk/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_msi.py
==============================================================================

--- python/trunk/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_msi.py	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_msi.py	Sun May 24 21:10:52 2009
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@
 bdist_base = self.get_finalized_command('bdist').bdist_base
 self.bdist_dir = os.path.join(bdist_base, 'msi')
 short_version = get_python_version()
+ if (not self.target_version) and self.distribution.has_ext_modules():
+ self.target_version = short_version
 if self.target_version:
 self.versions = [self.target_version]
 if not self.skip_build and self.distribution.has_ext_modules()\
Modified: python/trunk/Misc/NEWS
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Misc/NEWS	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Misc/NEWS	Sun May 24 21:10:52 2009
@@ -302,6 +302,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #5311: bdist_msi can now build packages that do not depend on a
+ specific Python version.
+
 - Issue #1309352: fcntl now converts its third arguments to a C `long` rather
 than an int, which makes some operations possible under 64-bit Linux (e.g.
 DN_MULTISHOT with F_NOTIFY).
