Message 53338 - Python tracker (original) (raw)

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I changed this to a feature request: it's not "a bug" because we don't try to set PATH. My experience with an earlier Tcl/Tk installer that did try to set PATH convinces me I'm not going to try to do it at all: it requires too many gimmicks across Windows flavors, can fail in dangerous ways on Win9x boxes, and if you're writing .bat files for Windows you know how to set it yourself anyway (but by hand, where you have a fighting chance of detecting and recovering from failure modes).