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Title: py.exe cannot locate Store package
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: Windows Versions: Python 3.9, Python 3.8
process
Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: steve.dower Nosy List: eryksun, miss-islington, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2019-09-12 11:05 by steve.dower, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Pull Requests
URL Status Linked Edit
PR 16025 merged steve.dower, 2019-09-12 11:07
PR 16073 merged miss-islington, 2019-09-12 17:18
PR 16791 merged steve.dower, 2019-10-14 22:13
PR 16798 merged miss-islington, 2019-10-14 22:45
Messages (9)
msg352107 - (view) Author: Steve Dower (steve.dower) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-09-12 11:05
The py.exe launcher cannot locate installations from the Store (unless you have no other installations on your machine, which is unlikely).
msg352112 - (view) Author: Steve Dower (steve.dower) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-09-12 11:15
I added an "exe_display" override for listing paths, since the full path to the store app is not supposed to be used by users (it's different from sys.executable) and is only going to work when the shorter name is on PATH anyway (due to a limitation in Windows that I'm still trying to get fixed).

I also enabled support for the ExecutablePath key, which has the added benefit of making the debug py_d.exe able to find release Python 3.5+ installs (as well as finding the Store install at all, which is now using python3.8.exe as the main file because of the limitation I mentioned above).
msg352121 - (view) Author: Steve Dower (steve.dower) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-09-12 11:24
Sample output after this change (some paths elided):

Installed Pythons found by ...\py.exe Launcher for Windows
 (venv)         C:\...\env\Scripts\python.exe *
 -3.8-64        python3.8.exe
 -3.7-32-32     C:\Python37_x86\python.exe
 -3.7-64        C:\Python37_x64\python.exe
 -3.6-32-32     C:\Python36_x86\python.exe
 -3.6-64        C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\python.exe
 -3.5-32-32     C:\Python35_x86\python.exe
 -3.5-64        C:\Python35_x64\python.exe
 -3.4-64        C:\Python34_x64\python.exe
 -3.3-64        C:\Python33_x64\python.exe
 -3.3-32        C:\Python33_x86\python.exe
 -3.2-64        C:\Python32_x64\python.exe
 -3.2-32        C:\Python32_x86\python.exe
 -3.1-64        C:\Python31_x64\python.exe
 -3.1-32        C:\Python31_x86\python.exe
 -3.0-32        C:\Python30_x86\python.exe
 -2.7-64        C:\Python27_x64\python.exe
 -2.7-32        C:\Python27_x86\python.exe
 -2.6-32        C:\Python26_x86\python.exe
 -2.5-32        C:\Python25_x86\python.exe
msg352137 - (view) Author: Eryk Sun (eryksun) * (Python triager) Date: 2019-09-12 12:24
> -3.7-32-32     C:\Python37_x86\python.exe
> -3.6-32-32     C:\Python36_x86\python.exe
> -3.5-32-32     C:\Python35_x86\python.exe

MAX_VERSION_SIZE was increased, so the INSTALLED_PYTHON version string is now the full registry key name with the "-32" suffix. If that's intentional, you'll have to account for it in show_python_list. But I don't think the "-32" suffix belongs in the version string.
msg352143 - (view) Author: Steve Dower (steve.dower) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-09-12 12:36
Ah, good catch, I didn't notice that.

Because those are special cases, we should strip it off the version string. One day when we implement PEP 514 properly then they'll come back (and we'll probably drop the -64 suffix for consistency with the PEP).
msg352218 - (view) Author: Steve Dower (steve.dower) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-09-12 17:16
New changeset ed93a8852d120c5a3606720edc723bf5aa6a1fc2 by Steve Dower in branch 'master':
bpo-38133: Allow py.exe launcher to locate installations from the Microsoft Store (GH-16025)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ed93a8852d120c5a3606720edc723bf5aa6a1fc2
msg352220 - (view) Author: miss-islington (miss-islington) Date: 2019-09-12 17:36
New changeset 664d56a52eb5b98ac24b2d0cd4a080ffd49fd93d by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.8':
bpo-38133: Allow py.exe launcher to locate installations from the Microsoft Store (GH-16025)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/664d56a52eb5b98ac24b2d0cd4a080ffd49fd93d
msg354675 - (view) Author: Steve Dower (steve.dower) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-10-14 22:45
New changeset 4d202281c128e2026e78fc5f4cc752b1dafbf3ad by Steve Dower in branch 'master':
bpo-38133: Update docs to reflect fixes to py.exe launcher (GH-16791)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4d202281c128e2026e78fc5f4cc752b1dafbf3ad
msg354676 - (view) Author: miss-islington (miss-islington) Date: 2019-10-14 22:52
New changeset 42308e8b27c8023e3f9d037f5e4a8892f2dcbc48 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.8':
bpo-38133: Update docs to reflect fixes to py.exe launcher (GH-16791)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/42308e8b27c8023e3f9d037f5e4a8892f2dcbc48
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:59:20adminsetgithub: 82314
2019-10-14 22:52:51miss-islingtonsetmessages: + msg354676
2019-10-14 22:45:55miss-islingtonsetpull_requests: + pull_request16354
2019-10-14 22:45:46steve.dowersetmessages: + msg354675
2019-10-14 22:13:07steve.dowersetpull_requests: + pull_request16351
2019-09-12 17:36:17miss-islingtonsetnosy: + miss-islington
messages: + msg352220
2019-09-12 17:19:24steve.dowersetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
stage: patch review -> resolved
2019-09-12 17:18:42miss-islingtonsetpull_requests: + pull_request15693
2019-09-12 17:16:53steve.dowersetmessages: + msg352218
2019-09-12 12:36:35steve.dowersetmessages: + msg352143
2019-09-12 12:24:06eryksunsetnosy: + eryksun
messages: + msg352137
2019-09-12 11:24:42steve.dowersetmessages: + msg352121
2019-09-12 11:15:29steve.dowersetmessages: + msg352112
2019-09-12 11:07:02steve.dowersetkeywords: + patch
stage: needs patch -> patch review
pull_requests: + pull_request15648
2019-09-12 11:05:13steve.dowercreate