Re: BUG #15889: PostgreSQL failed to build due to error MSB8020 with MSVC on windows

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Haribabu Kommi <kommi(dot)haribabu(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Juan José Santamaría Flecha <juanjo(dot)santamaria(at)gmail(dot)com>, gaolin01(at)beyondsoft(dot)com, pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #15889: PostgreSQL failed to build due to error MSB8020 with MSVC on windows
Date: 2019-07-10 12:51:44
Message-ID: 20190710125144.GA1999@paquier.xyz
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On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 07:53:51PM +1000, Haribabu Kommi wrote:
> I agree that we can think of using MSBuild.exe instead of nmake. I am also
> not sure whether MSBuild is available in all the visual studio versions
> [1].
>
> [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSBuild

Well, we could consider switching to MSBuild.exe only on HEAD and v12,
where we don't need to support the same range of VS versions. That
sounds like a rather safe bet, and I'd be rather fine to integrate
that if it makes the build scripts more solid.
--
Michael

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