test_build_ext fails on VS8.0.
 
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ERROR: test_build_ext (distutils.tests.test_build_ext.BuildExtTestCase)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "e:\python-dev\release26-maint\lib\distutils\tests\test_build_ext.py", li
ne 58, in test_build_ext
    cmd.run()
  File "e:\python-dev\release26-maint\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line
340, in run
    self.build_extensions()
  File "e:\python-dev\release26-maint\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line
449, in build_extensions
    self.build_extension(ext)
  File "e:\python-dev\release26-maint\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line
531, in build_extension
    target_lang=language)
  File "e:\python-dev\release26-maint\lib\distutils\ccompiler.py", line 769, in
link_shared_object
    extra_preargs, extra_postargs, build_temp, target_lang)
  File "e:\python-dev\release26-maint\lib\distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 648,
 in link
    raise LinkError(msg)
LinkError: command '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\BIN\link.exe"
' failed with exit status 1104