--- msvccompiler.py	Tue Oct 21 03:52:15 2003
+++ c:\python23\Lib\distutils\msvccompiler.py	Tue Oct 21 03:49:47 2003
@@ -255,6 +255,8 @@
         obj_names = []
         for src_name in source_filenames:
             (base, ext) = os.path.splitext (src_name)
+            base = os.path.splitdrive(base)[1] # Chop off the drive
+            base = base[os.path.isabs(base):]  # If abs, chop off leading /
             if ext not in self.src_extensions:
                 # Better to raise an exception instead of silently continuing
                 # and later complain about sources and targets having
@@ -562,5 +564,4 @@
             p = self.get_msvc_paths(name)
         if p:
             os.environ[name] = string.join(p, ';')
-