diff --git a/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py
index da2c74a..ea4c797 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
     """ Try to find out the versions of gcc, ld and dllwrap.
         If not possible it returns None for it.
     """
-    from distutils.version import StrictVersion
+    from distutils.version import LooseVersion
     from distutils.spawn import find_executable
     import re
 
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@
         out.close()
         result = re.search('(\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)*)', out_string, re.ASCII)
         if result:
-            gcc_version = StrictVersion(result.group(1))
+            gcc_version = LooseVersion(result.group(1))
         else:
             gcc_version = None
     else:
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
         out.close()
         result = re.search('(\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)*)', out_string, re.ASCII)
         if result:
-            ld_version = StrictVersion(result.group(1))
+            ld_version = LooseVersion(result.group(1))
         else:
             ld_version = None
     else:
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
         out.close()
         result = re.search(' (\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)*)', out_string, re.ASCII)
         if result:
-            dllwrap_version = StrictVersion(result.group(1))
+            dllwrap_version = LooseVersion(result.group(1))
         else:
             dllwrap_version = None
     else:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_os.py b/Lib/test/test_os.py
index ca23dba..3dffcb2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_os.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_os.py
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
             try:
                 os.stat(r"c:\pagefile.sys")
             except WindowsError as e:
-                if e == 2: # file does not exist; cannot run test
+                if e.errno == 2: # file does not exist; cannot run test
                     return
                 self.fail("Could not stat pagefile.sys")