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+# DP: suggest installation of the pythonX.Y-dev package, if bdist_wininst
+# DP: cannot find the wininst-* files.
+
+Index: b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
+===================================================================
+--- a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
++++ b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
+@@ -354,7 +354,10 @@ class bdist_wininst(Command):
+ sfix = ''
+
+ filename = os.path.join(directory, "wininst-%.1f%s.exe" % (bv, sfix))
+- f = open(filename, "rb")
++ try:
++ f = open(filename, "rb")
++ except IOError as e:
++ raise DistutilsFileError(str(e) + ', %s not included in the Debian packages.' % filename)
+ try:
+ return f.read()
+ finally: