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Title: Registry key CurrentVersion not set
Type: Stage:
Components: Windows Versions:
process
Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: loewis Nosy List: jimm_domingo, loewis, theller
Priority: high Keywords:

Created on 2003-10-22 02:54 by jimm_domingo, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (5)
msg18724 - (view) Author: Jimm Domingo (jimm_domingo) * Date: 2003-10-22 02:54
According to the documentation for Python's use of the
Windows registry, the version number of most recently
installed version is in the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Python\PythonCore\CurrentVersion.
But this key does not exist on my system.

My configuration: Python 2.2.3 (#42, May 30 2003,
18:12:08) on Windows XP Professional, Version 2002, SP1.

FWIW, I downloaded most recent revision (1.133.4.4) of
the Wise installation script (python20.wse) from CVS. 
I then opened it with an evaluation copy of Wise
Installation System.  I've never used that product, but
it appears that the above key isn't assigned a value.
msg18725 - (view) Author: Thomas Heller (theller) * (Python committer) Date: 2003-12-05 20:52
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I think this is a documentation bug. Can you point me to
where it is documented?
msg18726 - (view) Author: Jimm Domingo (jimm_domingo) * Date: 2003-12-05 21:16
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The document "Python Registry" is at
http://www.python.org/windows/python/registry.html

The page "Python support for Windows" 
(http://www.python.org/windows/) has a link to that 
document, but it is classified as an old link.  Seems to confirm 
your thinking that the documentation no longer describes the 
way things are done.
msg18727 - (view) Author: Thomas Heller (theller) * (Python committer) Date: 2003-12-10 15:49
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I'm unassigning this, since I neither maintain the
python.org web pages nor would I want to.

I would suggest to either remove these pages completely, or
mark them as hopefully outdated.
msg18728 - (view) Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) * (Python committer) Date: 2006-01-31 20:00
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user_id=21627

This is now fixed on the website.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:56:00adminsetgithub: 39442
2003-10-22 02:54:33jimm_domingocreate