get_build_version() is needed even where sys.platform != "win32".
Try to fix buildbot error in other way.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py
index ec2b2e3..f1da843 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py
@@ -62,10 +62,14 @@
if sys.platform=="win32":
from distutils.msvccompiler import get_build_version
+ if get_build_version()>=8.0:
+ SKIP_MESSAGE = None
+ else:
+ SKIP_MESSAGE = "These tests are only for MSVC8.0 or above"
+else:
+ SKIP_MESSAGE = "These tests are only for win32"
-@unittest.skipUnless(sys.platform=="win32", "These tests are only for win32")
-@unittest.skipUnless(get_build_version()>=8.0, "These tests are only for"
- " MSVC8.0 or above")
+@unittest.skipUnless(SKIP_MESSAGE is None, SKIP_MESSAGE)
class msvc9compilerTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
unittest.TestCase):