No such file or directory: 'msisupport.dll' in msi.py

[pds]

BPO	6807
Nosy	@loewis, @briancurtin
Files	patch.txt

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2012-02-21.17:12:37.857>
created_at = <Date 2009-08-30.10:59:14.901>
labels = ['type-bug', 'expert-installation', 'OS-windows']
title = "No such file or directory: 'msisupport.dll' in msi.py"
updated_at = <Date 2012-02-21.17:12:37.855>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/pds'

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activity = <Date 2012-02-21.17:12:37.855>
actor = 'loewis'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2012-02-21.17:12:37.857>
closer = 'loewis'
components = ['Installation', 'Windows']
creation = <Date 2009-08-30.10:59:14.901>
creator = 'pds'
dependencies = []
files = ['14806']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 6807
keywords = []
message_count = 7.0
messages = ['92086', '110006', '110012', '145395', '153879', '153880', '153881']
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nosy_names = ['loewis', 'sable', 'brian.curtin', 'pds', 'BreamoreBoy', 'python-dev']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue6807'
versions = ['Python 3.1', 'Python 2.7', 'Python 3.2']

[pds]

Investigating the issue bpo-6716 I reported earlier, I've been trying to
build Windows MSI installer package of Python 3.1 on my own.
I checked out the svn source, built things with Visual C++ 2008 Express
Edition, and tried to make MSI package in Tools\msi directory.
When I run Tools\msi\msi.py in Tools\msi directory, the following error
occurs:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "msi.py", line 178, in <module>
    if msilib.pe_type(dll_path) != msilib.pe_type("msisupport.dll"):
  File "E:\python31svnbuild\Tools\msi\msilib.py", line 665, in pe_type
    header = open(path, "rb").read(1000)
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'msisupport.dll'

It seems that msilib.pe_type("msisupport.dll") is called before
msisupport.dll is created.
I read msi.py and learned that msilib.pe_type("msisupport.dll") (line
178) is executed before os.system("nmake /nologo /c /f msisupport.mak")
(line 372) is executed in add_ui(), which is called at line 1299.
So I made a patch to make msi.py to see if the file "msisupport.dll"
exists, and if it does, check if the dll is for the correct architecture.

[larryhastings]

Why did you assign this to me? I don't know why my name is on this bug in the first place.

Is it possible you were thinking of another Larry?

[BreamoreBoy]

I didn't realise that I had, sorry!!!

[sable]

I had the same issue today. The patch solved the problem.
Thanks

[python-dev]

New changeset bc66484b0d73 by Martin v. Löwis in branch '3.2':
Issue bpo-6807: Run msisupport.mak earlier.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/bc66484b0d73

[python-dev]

New changeset e78acdb54841 by Martin v. Löwis in branch '2.7':
Issue bpo-6807: Run msisupport.mak earlier.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e78acdb54841

[loewis]

This is now fixed, though in a different way.