Build failure with Python 3.5.1, Windows, Visual Studio 2015

[danizen]

I get this error:

   File "c:\tools\python\3.5.1\lib\distutils\util.py", line 125, in convert_path
     raise ValueError("path '%s' cannot be absolute" % pathname)
 ValueError: path '/Users/mkleehammer/dev/pyodbc/src/buffer.cpp' cannot be absolute

I may try to fix it, and if so, will issue pull request.

[danizen]

./setup.py build works, but ./setup.py bdist_wheel does not.

Christophe Gohlke has a build - http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/
I will ask him how he did it and see whether I can make it automatic by tweaking setup.py

[danizen]

On the face of it, this is a duplicate of issue #77, but getting a build that worked for Christophe Gohlke without integrating what he did to fix it doesn't seem like a real solution, but rather a work-around.

Let's leave this open for a bit while I look for a fix.

[danizen]

This is a duplicate of issue #82, and pip install from master works.

[KamodaP]

+1 here (issue as well)
and it does work with downloaded source

[mkleehammer]

I just merged a pull request that fixes this. Thanks.

[danizen]

Thanks.

[atocyo]

Issue still present.