Workaround for Issue7511 did not run under Python 3.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 48d191c..0e092a0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ class ve_build_ext(build_ext):
             build_ext.build_extension(self, ext)
         except ext_errors:
             raise BuildFailed()
-        except ValueError, err:
-            # may happen on Win 64 bit, see Python issue7511
-            if "'path'" in str(err):
+        except ValueError:
+            # this can happen on Windows 64 bit, see Python issue 7511
+            if "'path'" in str(sys.exc_info()[1]): # works with Python 2 and 3
                 raise BuildFailed()
             raise