Puppet users - Mar 2013 - Windows + Python Installation + pip + PATH environment variable

Here''s the scenario:

I want to install python and use the pip provider to install python 
packages, all in the same run.

So far, I''ve managed to:

1. Install python with msi installer
2. Add C:\Python27 and C:\Python27\Scripts to PATH environment variable 
through HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session 
Manager\Environment
3. Install setuptools with ez_setup.py
4. Install pip with easy_install

The problem comes in when I try to use pip to install a package because the 
appended values to PATH environment variables are not propagated. The pip 
provider cannot find pip on the system.

Did someone here found a clean solution to this.
(I started to do a hacky procedure with a custom fact executing 
SendMessageTimeout. It didn''t even work and I don''t want to
pursue with
this hazardous trail)

Thanks in advance!

Olivier Trempe

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Have you tried changing your path via setx unattend?  
 Programmatically changing it (a la the registry provider) won''t take
effect according to
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682653%28v=VS.85%29.aspx

You might also try forcing a child shell through running a sub cmd /k or similar
means and use PowerShell provider with exec.

I will test with my chocolatey provider to see if it works with separate
packages with dependencies on puppet.   Chocolatey itself has the same path
refresh problems.


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