</Code>
</Task>
</UsingTask>
- <Target Name="KillPython" BeforeTargets="InitializeBuildStatus" Condition="$([msbuild]::ValueOrDefault($(KillPython), 'false'))">
+
+ <Target Name="KillPython" BeforeTargets="InitializeBuildStatus" Condition="'$(KillPython)' == 'true'">
<Message Text="Killing any running python.exe instances..." Importance="high" />
<KillPython FileName="$(OutDir)python$(PyDebugExt).exe" />
</Target>
call "%pcbuild%\env.bat" %vcvars_target%
echo.Attempting to kill Pythons...
-msbuild /v:m /nologo /target:KillPython "%pcbuild%\pythoncore.vcxproj" /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=%platform%
+msbuild /v:m /nologo /target:KillPython "%pcbuild%\pythoncore.vcxproj" /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=%platform% /p:KillPython=true
echo Deleting .pyc/.pyo files ...
del /s "%root%\Lib\*.pyc" "%root%\Lib\*.pyo"