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  r68373 | hirokazu.yamamoto | 2009-01-07 18:42:28 +0900 | 2 lines

  Issue #4864: test_msvc9compiler failed on VC6/7.
  Reviewed by Amaury Forgeot d'Arc.
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diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py
index 1659cea..0c8bd6e 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
         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
+            return
         from distutils.msvc9compiler import query_vcvarsall
         def _find_vcvarsall(version):
             return None