Issue #9313: Skips test_remove_visual_c_ref on old MSVC.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py
index 8a908d9..39e2c11 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_msvc9compiler.py
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@
self.assertTrue('Desktop' in keys)
def test_remove_visual_c_ref(self):
+ 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 MSVCCompiler
tempdir = self.mkdtemp()
manifest = os.path.join(tempdir, 'manifest')