[issue4864] test_msvc9compiler fails on VC6

[Hirokazu Yamamoto]

Hirokazu Yamamoto <ocean-city at m2.ccsnet.ne.jp> added the comment:

> I don't like this catch-all approach.

I agree with you. Lib/distutils/msvc9compiler.py still only have one 
top level DistutilsPlatformError,

VERSION = get_build_version()
if VERSION < 8.0:
    raise DistutilsPlatformError("VC %0.1f is not supported by this 
module" % VERSION)

but it's not guranteed in future. How abount the new patch?

Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file12631/test_msvc9compiler.patch

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