Re: [Boost-testing] Huang-WinXP-x64 - python - exec / msvc-8.0

From: Sean Huang (huangsean_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-30 23:05:15

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Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Boost-testing] Huang-WinXP-x64 - python - exec / msvc-8.0

> Sean Huang wrote:
>> We investigated this about a month ago. It is because only install 64-bit
>> python can be installed on WinXP-x64 (ideally, 32-bit and 64-bit should
>> coexist so both can be used).
>
> Is there some reason why that's the case? I have multiple versions of
> Python installed, on my win32 system. Why is a 64bit version different
> in this respect?
>
I have been using ActiveState python and the installation for 32-bit would 
not even continue after 64-bit is installed. I just went to python.org and 
32-bit msi there seems ok
I'll spend a couple of hours and see if I can make it work.

Sean