[PEAK] setup.py develop throws strange error in windows

[2ms22 at qlink.queensu.ca]

Hi Phillip,

The change you mentioned does in fact fix my problem.

Thank you very much,

Mike

> At 01:27 AM 11/24/2006 -0500, 2ms22 at qlink.queensu.ca wrote:
>>Hi there,
>>
>>I am having some issues running easy_install on windows.  I am trying to
>>specify a custom install dir, but keep getting an incomprehensible (to
>> me)
>>error:
>>
>> >python setup.py develop --install-dir J:\
>>running develop
>>Checking .pth file support in J:\
>>"C:\Program Files\Python24\pythonw.exe" -E -c pass
>>error: command '""C:\Program Files\Python24\pythonw.exe""' failed:
>> Invalid
>>argument
>>
>>I am completely stomped.  I have tried everything, from adding an entry
>> to
>>setup.cfg, to putting quotes.
>
> That's not the problem, it appears to be a problem with your Python being
> installed under "Program Files", instead of the standard C:\Python24
> location.
>
> Would you mind trying to comment out this line in
> setuptools/command/easy_install.py?
>
>      if ' ' in executable: executable='"%s"' % executable
>
> It's in a method called check_pth_processing.  Please let me know what the
> result is.  Thanks!
>