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authorWilliam Deegan <bill@baddogconsulting.com>2015-02-15 21:02:51 (GMT)
committerWilliam Deegan <bill@baddogconsulting.com>2015-02-15 21:02:51 (GMT)
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monkey patch the get_build_version() function in distutils msvccompiler.py because if it's being run on a non-windows platform it always defaults to use msvc version 6, which doesn't provide a 64 bit installer boilerplate. Switching to 9 should work with python 2.7.x
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diff --git a/src/setup.py b/src/setup.py
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--- a/src/setup.py
+++ b/src/setup.py
@@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ import distutils.command.install_data
import distutils.command.install_lib
import distutils.command.install_scripts
import distutils.command.build_scripts
+import distutils.msvccompiler
+
+def get_build_version():
+ """ monkey patch distutils msvc version if we're not on windows.
+ We need to use vc version 9 for python 2.7.x and it defaults to 6
+ for non-windows platforms and there is no way to override it besides
+ monkey patching"""
+ return 9
+
+distutils.msvccompiler.get_build_version = get_build_version
_install = distutils.command.install.install
_install_data = distutils.command.install_data.install_data