Import exceptions from errors.py, not ccompiler.py.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
index 06b415e..06d8501 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
import sys, os, string
from types import *
-from distutils.errors import *
-from distutils.ccompiler import \
- CCompiler, gen_preprocess_options, gen_lib_options, \
+from distutils.errors import \
+ DistutilsExecError, DistutilsPlatformError, \
CompileError, LibError, LinkError
-
+from distutils.ccompiler import \
+ CCompiler, gen_preprocess_options, gen_lib_options
_can_read_reg = 0
try: