[issue9558] build_ext fails on VS8.0

[Éric Araujo]

Éric Araujo <merwok at netwok.org> added the comment:

Digging into the history of build_ext, I see that you committed a fix for VC 6 two years ago, so I think you’re more knowledgeable than me. I’m adding a Windows expert for confirmation.

Going back to 2007 finds the origin of the line you’re editing:
“[svn r59290] Applied my patch #1455 with some extra fixes for VS 2005
The new msvc9compiler module supports VS 2005 and VS 2008.” The bug log specifies that VS 2008 is tested and works, so I’m not sure your bug is distutils’s fault. Could it be that win32release does not exist in recent releases? (I don’t actually know if VS has multiple releases for one version.)

Does test_build_ext pass?

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nosy: +loewis

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