Don't put Python's library directory into the library search path -- that's

specific to building Python extensions.

diff --git a/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
index 298991049fce7ecd0753d731f10e36cac7678081..c906e11469091ededfaf50583aad89162b5939af 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
@@ -158,9 +158,6 @@ class MSVCCompiler (CCompiler) :
                   force=0):
 
         CCompiler.__init__ (self, verbose, dry_run, force)
-
-        self.add_library_dir( os.path.join( sys.exec_prefix, 'libs' ) )
-        
         versions = get_devstudio_versions ()
 
         if versions: