[Distutils] WinNT and distutils

[Robin Becker]

In article <025901bf6f24$64ede000$4500a8c0@thomasnotebook>, Thomas
Heller <thomas.heller@ion-tof.com> writes
>> In article <030701bf6e58$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
...

Mea Culpa. I put a check in to map 'bin' to 'Path' and 'lib' to
'Library' and the last patch has it missing.
-- 
Robin Becker