From: Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 10:23:42 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Encode MSVC paths as mbcs. Fixes #509117. 2.2.1 candidate.
X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~6768
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9635d0bd1fbf03f130b219e316662d1b38743a46;p=python

Encode MSVC paths as mbcs. Fixes #509117. 2.2.1 candidate.
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diff --git a/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
index 8a67dfc823..35336642ae 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ def get_msvc_paths (path, version='6.0', platform='x86'):
                     if string.upper(p) == path:
                         V = string.split(v,';')
                         for v in V:
+                            try:
+                                v = v.encode("mbcs")
+                            except UnicodeError:
+                                pass
                             if v == '' or v in L: continue
                             L.append(v)
                         break