[Python-Dev] wininst-*.exe files in Lib/distutils/command (original) (raw)

Paul Moore p.f.moore at gmail.com
Thu Oct 18 10:36:23 EDT 2018

They are for the distutils bdist_wininst command (mostly obsolete now, wheels are the preferred binary distribution format these days). The source appears to be in PC\bdist_wininst in the CPython repository.

Paul On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 at 15:10, VanL <van.lindberg at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all, I am looking into an issue associated with the wininst-*.exe files in the distutils/command subdirectory. It looks like these are the executable stubs used to create self-extracting zips for installation - but I am not 100% sure. It also looks like they include the calls to standard Windows functions to display the installer window. I have a couple questions I need help with: 1) Am I correct about the function, and if not, what are they? 2) Where did these come from, and where is their source code? Thanks, Van

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