[issue26207] test_distutils fails on "AMD64 Windows7 SP1 3.x" buildbot

[Steve Dower]

Steve Dower added the comment:

For this particular issue, the way to detect it is to read HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\DevDiv\vc\Servicing\14.0\Tools.X86.X64 at UpdateVersion and see if it is at least "14.0.23506".

This doesn't extend to other VS versions, but it should be sufficient to skip the tests for this bug. I really don't want that check in the actual stdlib.

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