SF bug #478949 Windows installer start menu registry.
I'm guessing at this, pending more info from the bug submitter. Wise
changed how the %GROUP% vrbl got defined between versions 5.0a (used
before Python 2.2) and 8.14, to hold the full path to Start Menu group
instead of just the group name. If I'm guessing correctly, the info
the bug report is complaining about is in one of the registry keys
we set up that neither Windows nor Python cares about. We did store
a full path there in 2.2b1 instead of just the group name; the patch cuts
it back to just the name again.
diff --git a/PCbuild/python20.wse b/PCbuild/python20.wse
index 52aff0f..c44db29 100644
--- a/PCbuild/python20.wse
+++ b/PCbuild/python20.wse
@@ -1873,7 +1873,7 @@
item: Remark
end
item: Install File
- Source=..\Lib\compiler\*.py
+ Source=..\lib\compiler\*.py
Destination=%MAINDIR%\Lib\compiler
Description=Python compiler written in Python
Flags=0000000000000010
@@ -1904,7 +1904,7 @@
item: Remark
end
item: Install File
- Source=..\Lib\email\*.py
+ Source=..\lib\email\*.py
Destination=%MAINDIR%\Lib\email
Description=Library email package
Flags=0000000000000010
@@ -1920,7 +1920,7 @@
item: Remark
end
item: Install File
- Source=..\Lib\hotshot\*.py
+ Source=..\lib\hotshot\*.py
Destination=%MAINDIR%\Lib\hotshot
Description=Fast Python profiler
Flags=0000000000000010
@@ -2583,7 +2583,8 @@
item: Edit Registry
Total Keys=1
Key=Software\Python\PythonCore\%PY_VERSION%\InstallPath\InstallGroup
- New Value=%GROUP%
+ New Value=%CGROUP_SAVE%
+ New Value=
Root=2
end
item: Edit Registry
@@ -2620,7 +2621,8 @@
item: Edit Registry
Total Keys=1
Key=Software\Python\PythonCore\%PY_VERSION%\InstallPath\InstallGroup
- New Value=%GROUP%
+ New Value=%CGROUP_SAVE%
+ New Value=
Root=1
end
item: Edit Registry