patrick hartling idronuhtigvllqhgmailcom feb 28 2008 554 pm mark hammond wrote using visual c 90 build pywin32 dependency walker shows pyhonexe 26 snapshot linked visual c 90 runtime ahh sorry missed building pywin32 installer provided crashes way perhaps bug python something wrong machine installers made today python 26 succeeded curious yes strange creation pyc files done installer exe runtime interest depends shows installer exe links msvcr90dll want im surprised version build though dont believe skeleton executable updated python core yet installer binary works least doesnt crash give useless error message end run_installscript internal error 0xffffffff sob iirc building python pywin32 source even release versions give pdb files useful debugging tried breaking process using debugger yes showed crash happening call realloc call stack seemed oddly short may looking wrong thread something like give lot attention time look tomorrow 14 hours thanks feedback patrick patrick l hartling senior software engineer priority 5 httpwwwpriority5com tue 05 aug 2008 180244 0600 pythonwin32 pywin32 installer problems python 26