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Title: distutils doesn't see user-directories set via VisStudio 7.1
Type: Stage:
Components: Distutils Versions:
process
Status: closed Resolution: out of date
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: christian.heimes, mhammond
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2004-01-25 03:06 by mhammond, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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File name Uploaded Description Edit
msvccompiler.py.patch mhammond, 2004-01-25 03:06 Patch to read user directories from the file.
Messages (2)
msg19812 - (view) Author: Mark Hammond (mhammond) * (Python committer) Date: 2004-01-25 03:06
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.
msg59295 - (view) Author: Christian Heimes (christian.heimes) * (Python committer) Date: 2008-01-05 18:06
Python uses VS 2008 now
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:56:02adminsetgithub: 39862
2008-01-05 18:06:32christian.heimessetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: out of date
messages: + msg59295
nosy: + christian.heimes
2004-01-25 03:06:40mhammondcreate