Error during install from sources on Windows when using Python x64...

[Alexander Belchenko]

Richard B. пишет:
> I run Windows XP x64 so thought I'd install the x64 version of Python
> (ie. python-2.6.2.amd64.msi) and try to install Bazaar from sources.
> Unfortunately, after running "python setup.py install", I got an
> error at the point when building 'bzrlib._btree_serializer_c'
> extension:
> 
>   File "c:\Python26\lib\distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 274,
>     in query_vcvarsall raise ValueError(str(list(result.keys())))
> ValueError: [u'path']
> 
> I haven't developed in Python but, being a programmer, I had a look at
> the source for msvc9compiler.py, and think the error was caused due to
> it  not  being  able  to  find  vcvarsall.bat.  This file was actually
> present,  but  being  Windows x64, the location was in a sub-folder of
> "Program Files (x86)" rather than "Program Files".
> 
> To cut a long story short, I installed the 32-bit version of Python
> and "python setup.py install" ran without problems. Is this a problem
> with Python x64 or with some part of Bazaar ?

It smells like Python bug.