[chromium-dev] Windows build: Unable to find python or git in depot_tools

[Simon Que]

I'm trying to follow these instructions:
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/windows_build_instructions.md

After running gclient open a command prompt and type where python and

confirm that the depot_tools python.bat comes ahead of any copies of
python.exe. Failing to ensure this can lead to overbuilding when using gn -
see crbug.com/611087.

I typed `where python` in the command line and still saw the
non-depot_tools path. So I took a look in the depot_tools zip file. Turns
out there is no python.bat. There is a vpython.bat.

Is the depot_tools.zip file wrong, or are the instructions out of date?

Simon

[Fumitoshi Ukai (鵜飼文敏)]

did you run gclient?
running gclient will fetch python etc.

Post by Simon Que
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/windows_build_instructions.md
After running gclient open a command prompt and type where python and

confirm that the depot_tools python.bat comes ahead of any copies of
python.exe. Failing to ensure this can lead to overbuilding when using gn -
see crbug.com/611087.

I typed `where python` in the command line and still saw the
non-depot_tools path. So I took a look in the depot_tools zip file. Turns
out there is no python.bat. There is a vpython.bat.
Is the depot_tools.zip file wrong, or are the instructions out of date?
Simon
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