Stephen J. Turnbull stephen at xemacs.org
Fri Mar 23 18:51:35 CET 2012

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On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:

> Another problem case: cx_Freeze. This currently breaks when installed
> in a viretualenv, as it locates the "Scripts" directory by appending
> "Scripts" to the directory of the python executable.
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> So the proposed change *will* break cx_Freeze. The Scripts->bin change
> will also break it.
>
> Paul.
>
> PS Yes, I need to report the existing bug. The point remains, however...

This seems to me to be evidence that the things that will be
broken are in need of fixing anyway.<0.5 wink/>  virtualenv
is something that should Just Work in most, if not all, cases.

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