[Distutils] WinNT and distutils

[Thomas Heller]

> In article <030701bf6e58$c4c670e0$4500a8c0@thomasnotebook>, Thomas
> Heller <thomas.heller@ion-tof.com> writes
> >Robin,
> >
> >I have extended your patch a little.
> >If it works for you, we should submit it to Greg.
> >
> >The attached file (I have not mastered diff on NT yet)
> >does the following:
> >
> >1. Try to find cl.exe and link.exe in the path. If this
> >succeeds, it assumes everything is set up and starts the build.
> >User in control!
> >
> >2. Then it reads the versions from the registry,
> >starting with the highest one until it finds cl and link.
> >For debugging, it also prints the version number it uses.
> >
> >3. If this also fails, DistutilError is raised.
> >
> >Thomas
> >
> >[ A MIME application / x-zip-compressed part was included here. ]
> >
> 
> I've no problem with your version except that it may fail even though
> the path is set up. If cl.exe & link.exe are on the path and properly
> installed then they should findable via the registry. Even so Lib &
> Include may not be set up and the compile will fail.
> 
> Searching the registry first won't fail provided it finds the best
> version and the Lib/Include dirs haven't been hacked to death inside
> devstudio.
> 
Ok, so we should use this.
One point only:
+ def _find_exe(exe,vNum):
+     for p in _msvc_get_paths('bin',vNum):
This should be:
+     for p in _msvc_get_paths('path',vNum):
because there are no 'bin Dirs' entries in the registry.

Thomas