From 6c1e5f2033ff9b1cfe6bda1da4ac6e3c88a47240 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 23:34:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Get DLL version from a variable.

---
 Python/sysmodule.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Python/sysmodule.c b/Python/sysmodule.c
index 96f10f3c01d..59b7aab13b6 100644
--- a/Python/sysmodule.c
+++ b/Python/sysmodule.c
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ Data members:
 
 #ifdef MS_COREDLL
 extern void *PyWin_DLLhModule;
+/* A string loaded from the DLL at startup: */
+extern const char *PyWin_DLLVersionString;
 #endif
 
 PyObject *
@@ -319,7 +321,7 @@ _PySys_Init()
 			     v = PyInt_FromLong((int)PyWin_DLLhModule));
 	Py_XDECREF(v);
 	PyDict_SetItemString(sysdict, "winver",
-			     v = PyString_FromString(MS_DLL_ID));
+			     v = PyString_FromString(PyWin_DLLVersionString));
 	Py_XDECREF(v);
 #endif
 	if (PyErr_Occurred())