Convert script and directory _nsis.py
subcommands into NSIS code
#1069
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Description
Convert simple script and directory subcommands into NSIS code to further decouple the python dependency from EXE installers (#549). Scripts are already executed directly via
cmd.exe
for pre-install scripts andmkdirs
is a simple directory creation command.Note that this means that
post-install
andpre-uninstall
script failures will cause the installation/uninstallation process to fail now. I think this is good behavior as it has masked issues in the past (see #942 and #1020).Checklist - did you ...
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directory (using the template) for the next release's release notes?