http://bugs.python.org/issue7556

gistfile1.pytb

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\link.exe /DLL /nologo /INCREMENTAL:NO /LIBPATH:C:\HOME\as\apy\branches\nightly\build\pyhg_branches_release3_1_maint-win32-x86-hgtip31-rrun\python\libs /LIBPATH:C:\HOME\as\apy\branches\nightly\build\pyhg_branches_release3_1_maint-win32-x86-hgtip31-rrun\python\PCbuild /LIBPATH:build\temp.win32-3.1\Release "/LIBPATH:C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\lib" "/LIBPATH:C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX SDK (August 2009)\lib\x86" advapi32.lib user32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib /EXPORT:PyInit_pywintypes build\temp.win32-3.1\Release\win32\src\PyACL.obj build\temp.win32-3.1\Release\win32\src\PyDEVMODE.obj build\temp.win32-3.1\Release\win32\src\PyHANDLE.obj build\temp.win32-3.1\Release\win32\src\PyIID.obj build\temp.win32-3.1\Release\win32\src\PyLARGE_INTEGER.obj build\temp.win32-3.1\Release\win32\src\PyOVERLAPPED.obj build\temp.win32-3.1\Release\win32\src\PySECURITY_ATTRIBUTES.obj build\temp.win32-3.1\Release\win32\src\PySECURITY_DESCRIPTOR.obj build\temp.win32-3.1\Release\win32\src\PySID.obj build\temp.win32-3.1\Release\win32\src\PyTime.obj build\temp.win32-3.1\Release\win32\src\PyUnicode.obj build\temp.win32-3.1\Release\win32\src\PyWAVEFORMATEX.obj build\temp.win32-3.1\Release\win32\src\PyWinTypesmodule.obj /OUT:build\lib.win32-3.1\pywin32_system32\pywintypes31.dll /IMPLIB:build\temp.win32-3.1\Release\win32\src\pywintypes31.lib /MANIFESTFILE:build\temp.win32-3.1\Release\win32\src\pywintypes31.dll.manifest /MACHINE:x86 /BASE:0x1e740000 /DEBUG /PDB:build\temp.win32-3.1\Release\pywintypes.pdb
   Creating library build\temp.win32-3.1\Release\win32\src\pywintypes31.lib and object build\temp.win32-3.1\Release\win32\src\pywintypes31.exp
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup3.py", line 16, in <module>
    exec(str(got))
  File "<string>", line 2194, in <module>
  File "C:\HOME\as\apy\branches\nightly\build\pyhg_branches_release3_1_maint-win32-x86-hgtip31-rrun\python\lib\distutils\core.py", line 149, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "C:\HOME\as\apy\branches\nightly\build\pyhg_branches_release3_1_maint-win32-x86-hgtip31-rrun\python\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 919, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "C:\HOME\as\apy\branches\nightly\build\pyhg_branches_release3_1_maint-win32-x86-hgtip31-rrun\python\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 938, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "<string>", line 619, in run
  File "C:\HOME\as\apy\branches\nightly\build\pyhg_branches_release3_1_maint-win32-x86-hgtip31-rrun\python\lib\distutils\command\build.py", line 128, in run
    self.run_command(cmd_name)
  File "C:\HOME\as\apy\branches\nightly\build\pyhg_branches_release3_1_maint-win32-x86-hgtip31-rrun\python\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 315, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "C:\HOME\as\apy\branches\nightly\build\pyhg_branches_release3_1_maint-win32-x86-hgtip31-rrun\python\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 938, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "C:\HOME\as\apy\branches\nightly\build\pyhg_branches_release3_1_maint-win32-x86-hgtip31-rrun\python\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 347, in run
    self.build_extensions()
  File "<string>", line 895, in build_extensions
  File "<string>", line 1107, in build_extension
  File "C:\HOME\as\apy\branches\nightly\build\pyhg_branches_release3_1_maint-win32-x86-hgtip31-rrun\python\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 543, in build_extension
    target_lang=language)
  File "C:\HOME\as\apy\branches\nightly\build\pyhg_branches_release3_1_maint-win32-x86-hgtip31-rrun\python\lib\distutils\ccompiler.py", line 791, in link_shared_object
    extra_preargs, extra_postargs, build_temp, target_lang)
  File "<string>", line 1384, in link
  File "C:\HOME\as\apy\branches\nightly\build\pyhg_branches_release3_1_maint-win32-x86-hgtip31-rrun\python\lib\distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 663, in link
    manifest_buf = re.sub(pattern, "", manifest_buf)
  File "C:\HOME\as\apy\branches\nightly\build\pyhg_branches_release3_1_maint-win32-x86-hgtip31-rrun\python\lib\re.py", line 166, in sub
    return _compile(pattern, flags).sub(repl, string, count)
TypeError: can't use a string pattern on a bytes-like object
make: error: [build_pywin32] error running 'C:\HOME\as\apy\branches\nightly\build\pyhg_branches_release3_1_maint-win32-x86-hgtip31-rrun\python\PCbuild\python.exe setup3.py build': 1 (C:\HOME\as\apy\branches\nightly\support\apybuild\utils.py:611 in run)
envrun-vc9-x86: 'python Makefile.py -f apyconfig-hgtip31-rrun-win32-x86.py distclean all package upload oow' failed: 1