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-rw-r--r--Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
index 6acd4ef..ae5e2d7 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ from distutils.ccompiler import \
_can_read_reg = 0
try:
- import _winreg
+ try:
+ import _winreg
+ except ImportError:
+ import winreg # for pre-2000/06/29 CVS Python
+
_can_read_reg = 1
hkey_mod = _winreg