Cannot compile OpenJDK 11 (visual studio fail)

[Erik Joelsson]

I think we need to make this check less strict to allow for different 
languages.

/Erik


On 2018-10-24 22:44, Artur Khusainov wrote:
> I also reported this earlier.
>
> You should install English (US) language pack for Visual Studio. And maybe
> uninstall your current language pack.
>
> чт, 25 окт. 2018 г., 9:26 Franco Gastón Pellegrini <
> francogpellegrini at gmail.com>:
>
>> Hello, I'm trying to compile OpenJDK 11 from hg sources, but when I use:
>>
>> bash ./configure --enable-debug --with-target-bits=32
>> --with-toolchain-version=2017 --with-jvm-variants=client
>>
>> --with-boot-jdk="/home/Franco/Java/jdk10/build/windows-x86-normal-client-fastdebug/jdk/";
>>
>> it fail, because:
>>
>> checking for cl... /cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio
>> 14.0/VC/BIN/cl
>> configure: Rewriting CC to "/cygdrive/c/progra~3/micros~1.0/vc/bin/cl"
>> checking resolved symbolic links for CC... no symlink
>> configure: The C compiler (located as
>> /cygdrive/c/progra~3/micros~1.0/vc/bin/cl) does not seem to be the required
>> microsoft compiler.
>> configure: The result from running it was: "Compilador de optimizaci▒n de
>> C/C++ de Microsoft (R) versi▒n 19.00.24234.1 para x86"
>> configure: error: A microsoft compiler is required. Try setting
>> --with-tools-dir.
>> configure exiting with result code 1
>>
>> I already tried installing visual studio 2013, 2015, and 2017 (using the
>> corresponding  --with-toolchain-version), but all of them fail too. 2013
>> version fail in other way at the end, at compiling come security features.
>>
>> I'm using windows 7 32 bits (I need a 32 bits version for some specific old
>> PCs).
>>
>> what should I do?
>>
>> --
>> Franco Pellegrini
>>