got windows binary generation working again.

generate-win-installer.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,36 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#/bin/bash
+
+# so... if you invoke this without arguments it often fails with:
+#
+# Downloading embeddable Python build...
+#Getting https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.12/python-3.10.12-embed-amd64.zip
+#Traceback (most recent call last):
+#  File "/home/peter/.local/bin/pynsist", line 8, in <module>
+#    sys.exit(main())
+#  File "/home/peter/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/nsist/__init__.py", line 533, in main
+#    ec = InstallerBuilder(**args).run(makensis=(not options.no_makensis))
+#  File "/home/peter/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/nsist/__init__.py", line 475, in run
+#    self.fetch_python_embeddable()
+#  File "/home/peter/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/nsist/__init__.py", line 205, in fetch_python_embeddable
+#    download(url, cache_file)
+#  File "/home/peter/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/nsist/util.py", line 22, in download
+#    r.raise_for_status()
+#  File "/home/peter/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/requests/models.py", line 1021, in raise_for_status
+#    raise HTTPError(http_error_msg, response=self)
+#requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 404 Client Error: Not Found for url: https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.12/python-3.10.12-embed-amd64.zip
+#
+#
+#  you need to visit https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
+#
+#  And look for the minor version that they announce has the AMD64 embedded package...
+#
+#  hunting for python 3.10, we see it is 3.10.9 that is blessed, so call the thing with that version:
+#
+#  ./generate_win_installer 3.10.9
+#
+#  and it should find it.
+#
+
 set -e
 
 # Windows specific pkgs
@@ -9,9 +41,15 @@ cd pynsist_pkgs/
 # Ensure to download only windows binaries
 pip3 download amqp --only-binary=:all: --platform win_amd64
 pip3 download appdirs --only-binary=:all: --platform win_amd64
-pip3 download netifaces --only-binary=:all: --platform win_amd64
-#pip3 download netifaces-w38 --only-binary=:all: --platform win_amd64
-pip3 download pika --only-binary=:all: --platform win_amd64
+pip3 download humanfriendly --only-binary=:all: --platform win_amd64
+
+# these are often missing... means vip will be disabled.
+#pip3 download netifaces --only-binary=:all: --platform win_amd64
+#pip3 download netifaces-w39 --only-binary=:all: --platform win_amd64
+
+# not used anymore.
+#pip3 download pika --only-binary=:all: --platform win_amd64
+
 pip3 download psutil --only-binary=:all: --platform win_amd64
 pip3 download paramiko --only-binary=:all: --platform win_amd64
 pip3 download regex --only-binary=:all: --platform win_amd64
@@ -28,6 +66,7 @@ pip3 download humanize --only-binary=:all: --platform win_amd64
 #pip3 download pycparser --only-binary=:all: --platform win_amd64
 #pip3 download pathtools --only-binary=:all: --platform win_amd64
 pip3 download watchdog --only-binary=:all: --platform win_amd64
+pip3 download python-magic-bin --only-binary=:all: --platform win_amd64
 
 cd ..
 
@@ -41,7 +80,7 @@ if [ "$1" ]; then
 else
     PYVERSION="`python3 -V| awk '{ print $2; }'`"
 fi
-VERSION=`grep __version__ sarracenia/__init__.py | cut -c15- | sed -e 's/"//g'`
+VERSION=`grep __version__ sarracenia/_version.py | cut -c15- | sed -e 's/"//g'`
 
 sed 's/__version__/'$VERSION'/; s/__pyversion__/'$PYVERSION'/;' <win_installer.cfg.tem >win_installer.cfg
 # NSIS packaging

setup.py

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def read(*parts):
         'python-magic-bin; sys_platform=="win32"'
 
     ],
-    extras_requires = features
+    extras_require = features
     )