[issue8854] msvc9compiler.py: find_vcvarsall() doesn't work with VS2008 on Windows x64

[Marc-Andre Lemburg]

Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> added the comment:

Konstantin Zemlyak wrote:
> 
> Konstantin Zemlyak <zart at zartsoft.ru> added the comment:
> 
> Tried msvc9compiler-py27.patch. find_vcvarsall() still works with the same result, while distutils.msvc9compiler.VS_BASE has been changed.
> 
> :: 
> 	>>> distutils.msvc9compiler.find_vcvarsall(9.0)
> 	u'c:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\\VC\\vcvarsall.bat'
> 	>>> distutils.msvc9compiler.VS_BASE
> 	'Software\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\%0.1f'
> 
> Checked registry, 9.0 is only under Wow6432Node.

Thanks for confirming that. So at least my setup is not special and the
keys do indeed have to be updated fir Win64 platforms.

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