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

[Ian Clatworthy]

Alexander Belchenko wrote:
> Richard B. пишет:

>> 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.

It does but we may need to work around it, particularly if we can do so
cheaply.

Ian C.