bpo-35699: fix distuils cannot detect Build Tools 2017 anymore (GH-11495)
(cherry picked from commit b2dc4a3313c236fedbd6df664722cd47f3d91a72)
Co-authored-by: Marc Schlaich <marc.schlaich@googlemail.com>
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/_msvccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/_msvccompiler.py
index 84b4ef5..58b20a2 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/_msvccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/_msvccompiler.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
"-prerelease",
"-requires", "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64",
"-property", "installationPath",
+ "-products", "*",
], encoding="mbcs", errors="strict").strip()
except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, OSError, UnicodeDecodeError):
return None, None
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-01-11-07-09-25.bpo-35699.VDiENF.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-01-11-07-09-25.bpo-35699.VDiENF.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e632e7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-01-11-07-09-25.bpo-35699.VDiENF.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed detection of Visual Studio Build Tools 2017 in distutils
\ No newline at end of file