Another recent change which doesn_t run in 1.5.2, and a proposed patch: Thomas Index: msvccompiler.py =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/python/distutils/distutils/msvccompiler.py,v retrieving revision 1.44 diff -c -r1.44 msvccompiler.py *** msvccompiler.py 2002/01/29 10:23:42 1.44 --- msvccompiler.py 2002/02/06 13:22:11 *************** *** 117,126 **** if string.upper(p) == path: V = string.split(v,';') for v in V: ! try: ! v = v.encode("mbcs") ! except UnicodeError: ! pass if v == '' or v in L: continue L.append(v) break --- 117,127 ---- if string.upper(p) == path: V = string.split(v,';') for v in V: ! if hasattr(v, "encode"): ! try: ! v = v.encode("mbcs") ! except UnicodeError: ! pass if v == '' or v in L: continue L.append(v) break