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fix(bootstrap): use retry loop for win32 version lookup in site init template#3842

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Align the Windows path resolution in the site initialization template
with the bootstrap template to prevent flaky platform lookup errors on
Windows 2022. This is achieved by wrapping the win32 version retrieval
in a retrying loop.

Fixes #3721

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Align the Windows path resolution in the site initialization template
with the bootstrap template to prevent flaky platform lookup errors on
Windows 2022. This is achieved by wrapping the win32 version retrieval
in a retrying loop.

Fixes bazel-contrib#3721
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This pull request attempts to resolve a flaky error on Windows 2022 during site initialization by retrying the platform.win32_ver() lookup. However, the feedback points out a critical bug where comparing version strings lexicographically (e.g., "6.1.7601" >= "10.0.14393") incorrectly evaluates to True, which could bypass the UNC prefix on older Windows versions. Additionally, the reviewer recommends catching a broader Exception during the lookup to prevent startup crashes and provides a robust suggestion to parse and compare the version components as integers.

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Python bootstrapper fails on Windows after recent windows update

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