Index: import.c
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--- import.c	(revision 84617)
+++ import.c	(working copy)
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
 /* for stat.st_mode */
 typedef unsigned short mode_t;
+
+/* for _mkdir */                           
+#include <direct.h>
+/* Windows provides int mkdir(const char* dirname) and
+   int _mkdir(const char* dirname) but the former has been
+   deprecated in favor of the latter.  Neither version of
+   the function has a mode parameter like the Unix system
+   call.  The created directory will inherit the permissions
+   of its parent. */
+#define MKDIR(_path_, _mode_) _mkdir(_path_)
+#else
+#define MKDIR(_path_, _mode_) mkdir(_path_, _mode_)
 #endif
 
 
@@ -1132,7 +1144,7 @@
     FILE *fp;
     char *dirpath;
     time_t mtime = srcstat->st_mtime;
-#ifdef MS_WINDOWS   /* since Windows uses different permissions  */
+#ifdef MS_WINDOWS   /* Windows ignores the mode parameter to mkdir  */
     mode_t mode = srcstat->st_mode & ~S_IEXEC;
     mode_t dirmode = srcstat->st_mode | S_IEXEC; /* XXX Is this correct
                                                     for Windows?
@@ -1157,7 +1169,7 @@
     saved = *dirpath;
     *dirpath = '\0';
     /* XXX call os.mkdir() or maybe CreateDirectoryA() on Windows? */
-    if (mkdir(cpathname, dirmode) < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
+    if (MKDIR(cpathname, dirmode) < 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
         *dirpath = saved;
         if (Py_VerboseFlag)
             PySys_WriteStderr(