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+# DP: the wininst-* files cannot be built within Debian, needing a
+# DP: zlib mingw build, which the zlib maintainer isn't going to provide.
+
+--- a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
++++ b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
+@@ -360,7 +360,10 @@
+ sfix = ''
+
+ filename = os.path.join(directory, "wininst-%.1f%s.exe" % (bv, sfix))
+- f = open(filename, "rb")
++ try:
++ f = open(filename, "rb")
++ except IOError, msg:
++ raise DistutilsFileError, str(msg) + ', %s not included in the Debian packages.' % filename
+ try:
+ return f.read()
+ finally: