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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 3 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py index 5f3d8de..27fb658 100644 --- a/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py +++ b/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py @@ -547,6 +547,16 @@ class MSVCCompiler (CCompiler) : return string.split(self.__macros.sub(d[path]), ";") else: return string.split(d[path], ";") + # MSVC 6 seems to create the registry entries we need only when + # the GUI is run. + if self.__version == 6: + for base in HKEYS: + if read_values(base, r"%s\6.0" % self.__root) is not None: + self.warn("It seems you have Visual Studio 6 installed, " + "but the expected registry settings are not present.\n" + "You must at least run the Visual Studio GUI once " + "so that these entries are created.") + break return [] def set_path_env_var(self, name): @@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ Extension modules Library ------- +- Bug #848614: distutils' msvccompiler fails to find the MSVC6 + compiler because of incomplete registry entries. + - httplib.HTTP.putrequest now offers to omit the implicit Accept-Encoding. - Patch #841977: modulefinder didn't find extension modules in packages |