Re: Clean up some old cruft related to Windows

On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 4:23 AM Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> wrote:

>
> + You can change certain build options, such as the targeted CPU
> + architecture, build type, and the selection of the SDK by using either
> + <command>VSVARS32.bat</command> or <command>VsDevCmd.bat</command>
> depending
> + on your <productname>Visual Studio</productname> release. All commands
> + should be run from the <filename>src\tools\msvc</filename> directory.
>

I think more parts of this paragraph need tuning, like:

"In Visual Studio, start the Visual Studio Command Prompt. If you wish to
build a 64-bit version, you must use the 64-bit version of the command, and
vice versa."

This is what VsDevCmd.bat does, seting up the Visual Studio Command Prompt,
but from the command-line.

Also the following:

"In the Microsoft Windows SDK, start the CMD shell listed under the SDK on
the Start Menu."

This is not the case, you would be working in the CMD setup previously from
Visual Studio.

> And I am not actually sure which
> environment variable to touch when using VSVARS32.bat or
> VSVARSALL.bat with MSVC <= 2017.
>

Actually, you can still use the vcvars% scripts to configure architecture,
platform_type and winsdk_version with current VS [1].

Both commands have different ways of doing things, and don't really
> shine with their documentation
>

I hear you.

Please find attached a new version that addresses these issues.

[1]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/building-on-the-command-line?view=vs-2019

Regards,

Juan José Santamaría Flecha