# DP: suggest installation of the pythonX.Y-dev package, if bdist_wininst
# DP: cannot find the wininst-* files.

Index: python2.6-2.6.5+20100521/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
===================================================================
--- python2.6-2.6.5+20100521.orig/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py	2010-05-21 16:00:54.707726898 +0200
+++ python2.6-2.6.5+20100521/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py	2010-05-21 16:00:54.711709946 +0200
@@ -354,5 +354,8 @@
             sfix = ''
 
         filename = os.path.join(directory, "wininst-%.1f%s.exe" % (bv, sfix))
-        return open(filename, "rb").read()
+        try:
+            return open(filename, "rb").read()
+        except IOError, msg:
+            raise DistutilsFileError, str(msg) + ', please install the python%s-dev package' % sys.version[:3]
 # class bdist_wininst