Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/distutils In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv14040 Modified Files: msvccompiler.py Log Message: See SF #848614: distutils' msvccompiler now tries to detect that MSVC6 is installed but the registry settings are incomplete because the gui has never been run. Already backported to release23-maint. Index: msvccompiler.py =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py,v retrieving revision 1.57 retrieving revision 1.58 diff -C2 -d -r1.57 -r1.58 *** msvccompiler.py 17 Jul 2003 14:41:07 -0000 1.57 --- msvccompiler.py 28 Nov 2003 19:42:51 -0000 1.58 *************** *** 548,551 **** --- 548,561 ---- 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 []