Re: Compile from source using latest Microsoft Windows SDK

On 7/19/19 9:10 PM, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 08:30:38AM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>> My tests of the VS2017 stuff used this install mechanism on a fresh
>> Windows instance:
>>
>> choco install -y visualstudio2017-workload-vctools --package-parameters
>> "--includeOptional"
>>
>> This installed Windows Kits 8.1 and 10, among many other things.
> So you have bypassed the problem by installing the v8.1 SDK. And if
> you don't do that and only include the v10 SDK, then you see the
> problem. Functionally, it also means that with a VS2017 compilation
> the SDK version is forcibly downgraded, isn't that a bad idea anyway?

For VS2017, the 8.1 SDK is part of the optional package set (see
<https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/workload-component-id-vs-build-tools?view=vs-2017#visual-c-build-tools>)
but for VS2019 it is not (see
<https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/workload-component-id-vs-build-tools?view=vs-2019#visual-c-build-tools>)
so yes, we need to deal with the issue, but it's really only a major
issue for VS2019, ISTM. I guess we might need a test for what SDK is
available? That's going to be fun ...

cheers

andrew

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