Don't assume that we build from the src/chrome folder....

chrome/tools/build/win/create_installer_archive.py

 #!/usr/bin/python
 # Copyright (c) 2006-2009 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 """Script to create Chrome Installer archive.
 
   This script is used to create an archive of all the files required for a
   Chrome install in appropriate directory structure. It reads chrome.release
   file as input, creates chrome.7z archive, compresses setup.exe and
@@ skipping 37 matching lines @@
 VERSION_FILE = "VERSION"
 
 def BuildVersion(output_dir):
   """Returns the full build version string constructed from information in
   VERSION_FILE.  Any segment not found in that file will default to '0'.
   """
   major = 0
   minor = 0
   build = 0
   patch = 0
-  for line in open(os.path.join(output_dir, "..", VERSION_FILE), 'r'):
+  for line in open(os.path.join(output_dir, "..", "..", "chrome", VERSION_FILE), 'r'):

[M-A Ruel, 2009/09/27 23:26:29]

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     line = line.rstrip()
     if line.startswith('MAJOR='):
       major = line[6:]
     elif line.startswith('MINOR='):
       minor = line[6:]
     elif line.startswith('BUILD='):
       build = line[6:]
     elif line.startswith('PATCH='):
       patch = line[6:]
   return '%s.%s.%s.%s' % (major, minor, build, patch)
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            '& chrome.7z.')
   option_parser.add_option('-f', '--setup_exe_format', default='COMPRESSED',
       help='How setup.exe should be included {COMPRESSED|DIFF|FULL}.')
   option_parser.add_option('-a', '--diff_algorithm', default='BSDIFF',
       help='Diff algorithm to use when generating differential patches ' +
            '{BSDIFF|COURGETTE}.')
 
   options, args = option_parser.parse_args()
   print sys.argv
   sys.exit(main(options))