Try make steps in a separate file on win and try to resolve link errors with...

Try make steps in a separate file on win and try to resolve link errors with an earlier setuptools import.

appveyor.yml

@@ -114,20 +114,7 @@ install:
   - ps: "if(Test-Path(\"${env:PYTHON}\\Scripts\")) {ls ${env:PYTHON}\\Scripts;}"
 
   # XXX: Most of this is a copy of the Makefile. Remember to update.
-  - cmd:
-      IF "%PYTHON_EXE%" == "python" (
-          %PYEXE% util/cythonpp.py -o gevent.corecext.c gevent/core.ppyx
-          type gevent\\callbacks.c >> gevent.corecext.c
-          move gevent.corecext.* gevent
-      )
-      cython -o gevent.ares.c gevent/ares.pyx
-      move gevent.ares.* gevent
-      move gevent\\_semaphore.pyx gevent\\_semaphore.py
-      cython -o gevent._semaphore.c gevent/_semaphore.py
-      move gevent._semaphore.* gevent
-      del gevent\\_semaphore.py
-      cython -o gevent._util.c gevent/_util.pyx
-      move gevent._util.* gevent
+  - cmd: .\appveyor\make.cmd
 
 cache:
   - "%TMP%\\py\\"

appveyor/make.cmd

+IF "%PYTHON_EXE%" == "python" (
+    %PYEXE% util/cythonpp.py -o gevent.corecext.c gevent/core.ppyx
+	type gevent\\callbacks.c >> gevent.corecext.c
+    move gevent.corecext.* gevent
+)
+cython -o gevent.ares.c gevent/ares.pyx
+move gevent.ares.* gevent
+move gevent\\_semaphore.pyx gevent\\_semaphore.py
+cython -o gevent._semaphore.c gevent/_semaphore.py
+move gevent._semaphore.* gevent
+del gevent\\_semaphore.py
+cython -o gevent._util.c gevent/_util.pyx
+move gevent._util.* gevent

setup.py

@@ -10,12 +10,20 @@ from os.path import join, abspath, basename, dirname
 from subprocess import check_call
 from glob import glob
 
+PYPY = hasattr(sys, 'pypy_version_info')
+
+try:
+    # https://bugs.python.org/issue23246
+    import setuptools
+except ImportError:
+    if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
+        raise
+
+
 import distutils
 import distutils.sysconfig  # to get CFLAGS to pass into c-ares configure script
 
 
-PYPY = hasattr(sys, 'pypy_version_info')
-
 try:
     from setuptools import Extension, setup
 except ImportError: