Initial import of new PCbuild9 for VS 2008. It partly based on PCbuild and partly hand crafted with some idea from PCbuild8. I've recreated all the extension module projects.

The new directory needs some more love and care but it works. I'm not able to test the AMD64 build.

The new tree is heavily using the *.vcprops property sheets. Please set any global settings in the property sheets.
diff --git a/PCbuild9/build_ssl.py b/PCbuild9/build_ssl.py
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+# Script for building the _ssl and _hashlib modules for Windows.
+# Uses Perl to setup the OpenSSL environment correctly
+# and build OpenSSL, then invokes a simple nmake session
+# for the actual _ssl.pyd and _hashlib.pyd DLLs.
+
+# THEORETICALLY, you can:
+# * Unpack the latest SSL release one level above your main Python source
+#   directory.  It is likely you will already find the zlib library and
+#   any other external packages there.
+# * Install ActivePerl and ensure it is somewhere on your path.
+# * Run this script from the PCBuild directory.
+#
+# it should configure and build SSL, then build the _ssl and _hashlib
+# Python extensions without intervention.
+
+import os, sys, re
+
+# Find all "foo.exe" files on the PATH.
+def find_all_on_path(filename, extras = None):
+    entries = os.environ["PATH"].split(os.pathsep)
+    ret = []
+    for p in entries:
+        fname = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(p, filename))
+        if os.path.isfile(fname) and fname not in ret:
+            ret.append(fname)
+    if extras:
+        for p in extras:
+            fname = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(p, filename))
+            if os.path.isfile(fname) and fname not in ret:
+                ret.append(fname)
+    return ret
+
+# Find a suitable Perl installation for OpenSSL.
+# cygwin perl does *not* work.  ActivePerl does.
+# Being a Perl dummy, the simplest way I can check is if the "Win32" package
+# is available.
+def find_working_perl(perls):
+    for perl in perls:
+        fh = os.popen(perl + ' -e "use Win32;"')
+        fh.read()
+        rc = fh.close()
+        if rc:
+            continue
+        return perl
+    print("Can not find a suitable PERL:")
+    if perls:
+        print(" the following perl interpreters were found:")
+        for p in perls:
+            print(" ", p)
+        print(" None of these versions appear suitable for building OpenSSL")
+    else:
+        print(" NO perl interpreters were found on this machine at all!")
+    print(" Please install ActivePerl and ensure it appears on your path")
+    print("The Python SSL module was not built")
+    return None
+
+# Locate the best SSL directory given a few roots to look into.
+def find_best_ssl_dir(sources):
+    candidates = []
+    for s in sources:
+        try:
+            # note: do not abspath s; the build will fail if any
+            # higher up directory name has spaces in it.
+            fnames = os.listdir(s)
+        except os.error:
+            fnames = []
+        for fname in fnames:
+            fqn = os.path.join(s, fname)
+            if os.path.isdir(fqn) and fname.startswith("openssl-"):
+                candidates.append(fqn)
+    # Now we have all the candidates, locate the best.
+    best_parts = []
+    best_name = None
+    for c in candidates:
+        parts = re.split("[.-]", os.path.basename(c))[1:]
+        # eg - openssl-0.9.7-beta1 - ignore all "beta" or any other qualifiers
+        if len(parts) >= 4:
+            continue
+        if parts > best_parts:
+            best_parts = parts
+            best_name = c
+    if best_name is not None:
+        print("Found an SSL directory at '%s'" % (best_name,))
+    else:
+        print("Could not find an SSL directory in '%s'" % (sources,))
+    sys.stdout.flush()
+    return best_name
+
+def run_configure(configure, do_script):
+    os.system("perl Configure "+configure)
+    os.system(do_script)
+
+def main():
+    build_all = "-a" in sys.argv
+    if sys.argv[1] == "Release":
+        arch = "x86"
+        debug = False
+        configure = "VC-WIN32"
+        do_script = "ms\\do_nasm"
+        makefile = "ms\\nt.mak"
+    elif sys.argv[1] == "Debug":
+        arch = "x86"
+        debug = True
+        configure = "VC-WIN32"
+        do_script = "ms\\do_nasm"
+        makefile="ms\\d32.mak"
+    elif sys.argv[1] == "ReleaseItanium":
+        arch = "ia64"
+        debug = False
+        configure = "VC-WIN64I"
+        do_script = "ms\\do_win64i"
+        makefile = "ms\\nt.mak"
+        os.environ["VSEXTCOMP_USECL"] = "MS_ITANIUM"
+    elif sys.argv[1] == "ReleaseAMD64":
+        arch="amd64"
+        debug=False
+        configure = "VC-WIN64A"
+        do_script = "ms\\do_win64a"
+        makefile = "ms\\nt.mak"
+        os.environ["VSEXTCOMP_USECL"] = "MS_OPTERON"
+    make_flags = ""
+    if build_all:
+        make_flags = "-a"
+    # perl should be on the path, but we also look in "\perl" and "c:\\perl"
+    # as "well known" locations
+    perls = find_all_on_path("perl.exe", ["\\perl\\bin", "C:\\perl\\bin"])
+    perl = find_working_perl(perls)
+    if perl is None:
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    print("Found a working perl at '%s'" % (perl,))
+    sys.stdout.flush()
+    # Look for SSL 2 levels up from pcbuild - ie, same place zlib etc all live.
+    ssl_dir = find_best_ssl_dir(("..\\..",))
+    if ssl_dir is None:
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    old_cd = os.getcwd()
+    try:
+        os.chdir(ssl_dir)
+        # If the ssl makefiles do not exist, we invoke Perl to generate them.
+        # Due to a bug in this script, the makefile sometimes ended up empty
+        # Force a regeneration if it is.
+        if not os.path.isfile(makefile) or os.path.getsize(makefile)==0:
+            print("Creating the makefiles...")
+            sys.stdout.flush()
+            # Put our working Perl at the front of our path
+            os.environ["PATH"] = os.path.dirname(perl) + \
+                                          os.pathsep + \
+                                          os.environ["PATH"]
+            run_configure(configure, do_script)
+            if arch=="x86" and debug:
+                # the do_masm script in openssl doesn't generate a debug
+                # build makefile so we generate it here:
+                os.system("perl util\mk1mf.pl debug "+configure+" >"+makefile)
+
+        # Now run make.
+        makeCommand = "nmake /nologo PERL=\"%s\" -f \"%s\"" %(perl, makefile)
+        print("Executing ssl makefiles:", makeCommand)
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        rc = os.system(makeCommand)
+        if rc:
+            print("Executing "+makefile+" failed")
+            print(rc)
+            sys.exit(rc)
+    finally:
+        os.chdir(old_cd)
+    sys.exit(rc)
+
+if __name__=='__main__':
+    main()