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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2019-07-01-12-38-48.bpo-10945.s0YBHG.rst | 2 |
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst b/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst index f44d0d039f..8c65d9d591 100644 --- a/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst +++ b/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst @@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ or the :command:`bdist` command with the :option:`!--formats` option:: If you have a pure module distribution (only containing pure Python modules and packages), the resulting installer will be version independent and have a name -like :file:`foo-1.0.win32.exe`. These installers can even be created on Unix -platforms or Mac OS X. +like :file:`foo-1.0.win32.exe`. Note that creating ``wininst`` binary +distributions in only supported on Windows systems. If you have a non-pure distribution, the extensions can only be created on a Windows platform, and will be Python version dependent. The installer filename diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py index 3a616883be..acaa184b5f 100644 --- a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py +++ b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py @@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ class bdist_wininst(Command): boolean_options = ['keep-temp', 'no-target-compile', 'no-target-optimize', 'skip-build'] + # bpo-10945: bdist_wininst requires mbcs encoding only available on Windows + _unsupported = (sys.platform != "win32") + def initialize_options(self): self.bdist_dir = None self.plat_name = None diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2019-07-01-12-38-48.bpo-10945.s0YBHG.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2019-07-01-12-38-48.bpo-10945.s0YBHG.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d39576545e --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2019-07-01-12-38-48.bpo-10945.s0YBHG.rst @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +Officially drop support for creating bdist_wininst installers on non-Windows +systems. |