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From: Nils on 5 Aug 2010 14:26 Hi. I am using a postinstall-script like this: setup( ... scripts=['scripts\install.py'], options = { ... "bdist_wininst" : { "install_script" : "install.py", ... }, } ) According to the docs in [1] this script is a) called after install (with the "-install" parameter) - this works fine for me... b) called before uninstall (with tho "-remove" parameter) - this however does not work. Can someone please point me to the direction on how to get a pre- uninstall script working? btw: With that I am trying to register a com-server on install and de- register on uninstall - so if other ideas are around I'd love to hear them, too... Nils
From: Nils on 5 Aug 2010 14:31 On 5 Aug., 20:26, Nils <andresen.n...(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > According to the docs in [1] [...] and with [1] I meant http://docs.python.org/distutils/builtdist.html#the-postinstallation-script Nils
From: Mark Hammond on 5 Aug 2010 22:02 On 6/08/2010 4:26 AM, Nils wrote: > Hi. > I am using a postinstall-script like this: > setup( > ... > scripts=['scripts\install.py'], > options = { > ... > "bdist_wininst" : { > "install_script" : "install.py", > ... > }, > } > ) > > According to the docs in [1] this script is > a) called after install (with the "-install" parameter) - this works > fine for me... > b) called before uninstall (with tho "-remove" parameter) - this > however does not work. According to a comment in pywin32's post-install script: elif arg == "-remove": # bdist_msi calls us before uninstall, so we can undo what we # previously did. Sadly, bdist_wininst calls us *after*, so # we can't do much at all. So it seems possible your script is failing due to an import error as your module has already been removed. Maybe a .msi would work better for you. > btw: With that I am trying to register a com-server on install and de- > register on uninstall - so if other ideas are around I'd love to hear > them, too... I'd suggest using py2exe to package the object and inno installer or similar to handle the install and uninstall parts. Mark
From: Nils on 8 Aug 2010 15:49
On 6 Aug., 04:02, Mark Hammond <skippy.hamm...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > According to a comment in pywin32's post-install script: > > elif arg == "-remove": > # bdist_msi calls us before uninstall, so we can undo what we > # previously did. Sadly, bdist_wininst calls us *after*, so > # we can't do much at all. > Sadly, I can not confirm this. I wrote the simplest install-script (dump call-parameters to a txt-file) and tested with 2.6 and 2.7 On bdist_wininst my install_script was called on install with parameter "-install" On bdist_wininst my install_script was called on install without parameters My script was never (ever) called on uninstall... > I'd suggest using py2exe to package the object and inno installer or > similar to handle the install and uninstall parts. Yes, I'll try that, thanks. |