[issue40478] allow finding nmake.exe executable in MSVCCompiler

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[issue40478] allow finding nmake.exe executable in MSVCCompiler

Change by japm48 : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +19187 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/19876 ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue40478] allow finding nmake.exe executable in MSVCCompiler

New submission from japm48 : Some toolchains (e.g. calibre) use a custom build system based on distutils to find the compiler tools. For those, it is useful to have the path of nmake.exe easily discoverable. -- components: Distutils messages: 367951 nosy: dstufft, eric.araujo, japm48