diff -r 2f7e353f9e83 -r dcd66ae649b1 Lib/packaging/database.py
--- a/Lib/packaging/database.py	Tue Jul 05 19:11:15 2011 -0700
+++ b/Lib/packaging/database.py	Wed Jul 06 00:51:27 2011 -0400
@@ -158,17 +158,26 @@
             self.name, self.version, self.path)
 
     def _get_records(self, local=False):
+
+        def _handler(row, local):
+            path, checksum, size = (row[:] + [None for i in range(len(row), 3)])
+
+            if local:
+                path = path.replace('/', os.sep)
+                path = os.path.join(sys.prefix, path)
+            return (path, checksum, size)
+
+        record_list = []
+
+        #Reads one row of information at a time from the package's
+        #RECORD file and returns a tuple list of (path, checksum, size).
         with self.get_distinfo_file('RECORD') as record:
             record_reader = csv.reader(record, delimiter=',',
                                        lineterminator='\n')
-            # XXX needs an explaining comment
-            for row in record_reader:
-                path, checksum, size = (row[:] +
-                                        [None for i in range(len(row), 3)])
-                if local:
-                    path = path.replace('/', os.sep)
-                    path = os.path.join(sys.prefix, path)
-                yield path, checksum, size
+            record_list = [row for row in record_reader]
+            record_list = [_handler(row, local) for row in record_list]
+        return record_list
+
 
     def get_resource_path(self, relative_path):
         with self.get_distinfo_file('RESOURCES') as resources_file:
diff -r 2f7e353f9e83 -r dcd66ae649b1 Lib/packaging/tests/test_uninstall.py
--- a/Lib/packaging/tests/test_uninstall.py	Tue Jul 05 19:11:15 2011 -0700
+++ b/Lib/packaging/tests/test_uninstall.py	Wed Jul 06 00:51:27 2011 -0400
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@
         self.assertRaises(PackagingError, remove, 'Foo',
                           paths=[self.root_dir])
 
-    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'win32', 'deactivated for now')
     def test_uninstall(self):
         dist, install_lib = self.install_dist()
         self.assertIsFile(install_lib, 'foo', '__init__.py')
@@ -103,7 +102,6 @@
         self.assertIsNotFile(install_lib, 'foo', 'sub', '__init__.py')
         self.assertIsNotFile(install_lib, 'Foo-0.1.dist-info', 'RECORD')
 
-    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'win32', 'deactivated for now')
     def test_remove_issue(self):
         # makes sure if there are OSErrors (like permission denied)
         # remove() stops and display a clean error