diff --git a/Lib/distutils/msvc9compiler.py b/Lib/distutils/msvc9compiler.py
index c84fb0b4a68..ad021b57549 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/msvc9compiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/msvc9compiler.py
@@ -646,28 +646,8 @@ def link(self,
mfid = 1
else:
mfid = 2
- try:
- # Remove references to the Visual C runtime, so they will
- # fall through to the Visual C dependency of Python.exe.
- # This way, when installed for a restricted user (e.g.
- # runtimes are not in WinSxS folder, but in Python's own
- # folder), the runtimes do not need to be in every folder
- # with .pyd's.
- manifest_f = open(temp_manifest, "rb")
- manifest_buf = manifest_f.read()
- manifest_f.close()
- pattern = re.compile(
- r"""|)""",
- re.DOTALL)
- manifest_buf = re.sub(pattern, "", manifest_buf)
- pattern = "\s*"
- manifest_buf = re.sub(pattern, "", manifest_buf)
- manifest_f = open(temp_manifest, "wb")
- manifest_f.write(manifest_buf)
- manifest_f.close()
- except IOError:
- pass
+ # Remove references to the Visual C runtime
+ self._remove_visual_c_ref(temp_manifest)
out_arg = '-outputresource:%s;%s' % (output_filename, mfid)
try:
self.spawn(['mt.exe', '-nologo', '-manifest',
@@ -677,6 +657,33 @@ def link(self,
else:
log.debug("skipping %s (up-to-date)", output_filename)
+ def _remove_visual_c_ref(self, manifest_file):
+ try:
+ # Remove references to the Visual C runtime, so they will
+ # fall through to the Visual C dependency of Python.exe.
+ # This way, when installed for a restricted user (e.g.
+ # runtimes are not in WinSxS folder, but in Python's own
+ # folder), the runtimes do not need to be in every folder
+ # with .pyd's.
+ manifest_f = open(manifest_file)
+ try:
+ manifest_buf = manifest_f.read()
+ finally:
+ manifest_f.close()
+ pattern = re.compile(
+ r"""|)""",
+ re.DOTALL)
+ manifest_buf = re.sub(pattern, "", manifest_buf)
+ pattern = "\s*"
+ manifest_buf = re.sub(pattern, "", manifest_buf)
+ manifest_f = open(manifest_file, 'w')
+ try:
+ manifest_f.write(manifest_buf)
+ finally:
+ manifest_f.close()
+ except IOError:
+ pass
# -- Miscellaneous methods -----------------------------------------
# These are all used by the 'gen_lib_options() function, in
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py
index 05d34e604c2..8a908d99548 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py
@@ -1,18 +1,73 @@
"""Tests for distutils.msvc9compiler."""
import sys
import unittest
+import os
from distutils.errors import DistutilsPlatformError
+from distutils.tests import support
-class msvc9compilerTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+_MANIFEST = """\
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+"""
+
+_CLEANED_MANIFEST = """\
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+"""
+
+@unittest.skipUnless(sys.platform=="win32", "These tests are only for win32")
+class msvc9compilerTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
+ unittest.TestCase):
def test_no_compiler(self):
# makes sure query_vcvarsall throws
# a DistutilsPlatformError if the compiler
# is not found
- if sys.platform != 'win32':
- # this test is only for win32
- return
from distutils.msvccompiler import get_build_version
if get_build_version() < 8.0:
# this test is only for MSVC8.0 or above
@@ -31,9 +86,6 @@ def _find_vcvarsall(version):
msvc9compiler.find_vcvarsall = old_find_vcvarsall
def test_reg_class(self):
- if sys.platform != 'win32':
- # this test is only for win32
- return
from distutils.msvccompiler import get_build_version
if get_build_version() < 8.0:
# this test is only for MSVC8.0 or above
@@ -56,6 +108,27 @@ def test_reg_class(self):
keys = Reg.read_keys(HKCU, r'Control Panel')
self.assertTrue('Desktop' in keys)
+ def test_remove_visual_c_ref(self):
+ from distutils.msvc9compiler import MSVCCompiler
+ tempdir = self.mkdtemp()
+ manifest = os.path.join(tempdir, 'manifest')
+ f = open(manifest, 'w')
+ f.write(_MANIFEST)
+ f.close()
+
+ compiler = MSVCCompiler()
+ compiler._remove_visual_c_ref(manifest)
+
+ # see what we got
+ f = open(manifest)
+ # removing trailing spaces
+ content = '\n'.join([line.rstrip() for line in f.readlines()])
+ f.close()
+
+ # makes sure the manifest was properly cleaned
+ self.assertEquals(content, _CLEANED_MANIFEST)
+
+
def test_suite():
return unittest.makeSuite(msvc9compilerTestCase)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 05bace37026..ea0e2426c21 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #7556: Make sure Distutils' msvc9compile reads and writes the
+ MSVC XML Manifest file in text mode so string patterns can be used
+ in regular expressions.
+
- Issue #7552: Removed line feed in the base64 Authorization header in
the Distutils upload command to avoid an error when PyPI reads it.
This occurs on long passwords. Initial patch by JP St. Pierre.