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-rw-r--r--Lib/distutils/msvc9compiler.py15
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS2
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/msvc9compiler.py b/Lib/distutils/msvc9compiler.py
index 6455fff..15425d7 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/msvc9compiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/msvc9compiler.py
@@ -37,9 +37,18 @@ HKEYS = (winreg.HKEY_USERS,
winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
winreg.HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT)
-VS_BASE = r"Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\%0.1f"
-WINSDK_BASE = r"Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows"
-NET_BASE = r"Software\Microsoft\.NETFramework"
+NATIVE_WIN64 = (sys.platform == 'win32' and sys.maxsize > 2**32)
+if NATIVE_WIN64:
+ # Visual C++ is a 32-bit application, so we need to look in
+ # the corresponding registry branch, if we're running a
+ # 64-bit Python on Win64
+ VS_BASE = r"Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\%0.1f"
+ WINSDK_BASE = r"Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows"
+ NET_BASE = r"Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\.NETFramework"
+else:
+ VS_BASE = r"Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\%0.1f"
+ WINSDK_BASE = r"Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows"
+ NET_BASE = r"Software\Microsoft\.NETFramework"
# A map keyed by get_platform() return values to values accepted by
# 'vcvarsall.bat'. Note a cross-compile may combine these (eg, 'x86_amd64' is
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3d109f1..550dda3 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -1441,6 +1441,8 @@ Extension Modules
Build
-----
+- Issue #8854: Fix finding Visual Studio 2008 on Windows x64.
+
- Issue #1759169, #8864: Drop _XOPEN_SOURCE on Solaris, define it for
multiprocessing only.