Configuration Error in JDK Build Java 8 (JDK8u) for VS

[David Holmes]

Adding back the mailing list.

Hi Ken,

On 18/01/2022 12:51 am, Ken Taylor wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> The instructions I am following are at
> Building the JDK <https://openjdk.java.net/groups/build/doc/building.html>

Those instructions are for mainline JDK development and not directly 
applicable to 8u. Unfortunately the 8u README-builds.html file has not 
been updated either:

https://github.com/openjdk/jdk8u/blob/master/README-builds.html

but 8u supports building with up to VS 2017 at the moment.

Cheers,
David
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> See the section:
>      Native Compiler (Toolchain) Requirements
>      Microsoft Visual Studio
> 
> I cloned the Git Repo for jdk8u, master branch.
> 
> Ken
> On Sunday, January 16, 2022, 10:35:53 PM CST, David Holmes 
> <david.holmes at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Ken,
> 
> On 13/01/2022 9:52 am, Ken Taylor wrote:
>  > I am trying to build JDK 8 from the jdk8u repo, master branch.Project 
> was forked and cloned into a Windows 10 VM.Building in Cygwin.
>  > It appears that the change to support VS 2019 has not been checked in.
>  >
>  > =======================================================
>  >
>  > JDK Build Instructions:
>  > Microsoft Visual Studio
>  >
>  > The minimum accepted version of Visual Studio is 2017. Older versions 
> will not be accepted by configure and will not work.
>  > The maximum accepted version of Visual Studio is 2019.
> 
> What repo exactly and what file contains these build instructions?
> 
> Thanks,
> David
> 
> 
>  > If you have multiple versions of Visual Studio installed, configure 
> will by default pick the latest.
>  >
>  > You can request a specific version to be used by setting
>  >      --with-toolchain-version, e.g. --with-toolchain-version=2017.
>  >
>  > =======================================================
>  >
>  > Our Command:
>  >
>  > ./configure
>  >      --with-boot-jdk=/cygdrive/c/Programs/Java/jdk1.8.0_301
>  >      --with-tools-dir='/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft 
> Visual Studio/2019/Community/VC/Auxiliary'
>  >      --with-toolchain-version=2019
>  >
>  > =======================================================
>  >
>  > Error:
>  >
>  > configure: Using default toolchain microsoft (Microsoft Visual Studio)
>  > checking for link... /usr/bin/link
>  > checking if the first found link.exe is actually the Cygwin link 
> tool... yes
>  > configure: Visual Studio version 2019 is not valid.
>  > configure: Valid Visual Studio versions: 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017.
>  >
>  > =======================================================
>  >
>  > Was this something that got missed and is there a work-around, or 
> should I install VS 2017?  BTW, VS 2022 also does not work.
>  >
>  > Thanks for any help you can provide.
>  > Ken Taylor
>  >
>  >