[ python-Bugs-883969 ] distutils doesn't see user-directories set via VisStudio 7.1

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Bugs item #883969, was opened at 2004-01-25 14:06
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Category: Distutils
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: distutils doesn't see user-directories set via VisStudio 7.1

Initial Comment:
I was having trouble convincing distutils to see the
directories I had set in the Visual Studio 7
user-interface.  Looking in the registry, I noticed
that although the registry entry existed and had the
"default" set of directories, the new directories I
specified in the GUI were not written to this registry key.

Further investigation shows that Visual Studio is
storing these preferences in a VCComponents.dat file
under "Application Data\Local Settings\Microsoft...". 
This file is in a format that ConfigParser can
understand :)

I have attached a patch for msvccompiler to handle
this, but it relies on win32all to locate the "Local
Settings" directory.

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