RFR(M): 8043492 - ad_x86_64_misc.obj : error LNK2011: precompiled object not linked in; image may not run

[Lois Foltan]

Looks good, I was able to build with VS2013 and these changes, thanks!  
Copyrights need to be updated.
Lois

On 6/5/2014 12:23 PM, Christian Tornqvist wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
>   
>
> This is a fix for building JDK9 with Visual Studio 2013, the fix is to add
> _build_pch_file.obj to LD_FLAGS in vm.make when building with VS2012/2013.
> Also added VS2013 to vm_version.cpp so that -Xinternalversion looks correct.
>
>   
>
> Cleaned up support for older versions of Visual Studio (2008 and older).
> Mainstream support for these versions have ended:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/?sort=PN
> <http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/?sort=PN&alpha=Visual+Studio>
> &alpha=Visual+Studio and comments in the Hotspot code suggest we need VS2010
> and later anyway.
>
>   
>
> Also cleaned up one of the warnings when building the SA with a CL option
> that was removed in VS2005 (described by
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6989106).
>
>   
>
> Changes have been tested in JPRT and locally on my Windows 8.1 x64 machine
> using VS2010 and VS2013, built using gnu make:
>
>   
>
> Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (1.9.0-internal) for windows-x86 JRE (1.9.0),
> built on Jun  5 2014 08:19:39 by "Christian" with MS VC++ 10.0 (VS2010)
>
> Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (1.9.0-internal) for windows-x86 JRE (1.9.0),
> built on Jun  5 2014 08:36:15 by "Christian" with MS VC++ 12.0 (VS2013)
>
> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (1.9.0-internal) for windows-amd64 JRE
> (1.9.0), built on Jun  5 2014 08:31:36 by "Christian" with MS VC++ 10.0
> (VS2010)
>
> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (1.9.0-internal) for windows-amd64 JRE
> (1.9.0), built on Jun  5 2014 08:26:51 by "Christian" with MS VC++ 12.0
> (VS2013)
>
>   
>
> and Visual Studio project (using create.bat):
>
>   
>
> Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (1.9.0) for windows-x86 JRE (1.9.0), built on Jun
> 5 2014 09:24:42 by "Christian" with MS VC++ 10.0 (VS2010)
>
> Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (1.9.0) for windows-x86 JRE (1.9.0), built on Jun
> 5 2014 09:19:32 by "Christian" with MS VC++ 12.0 (VS2013)
>
> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (1.9.0) for windows-amd64 JRE (1.9.0),
> built on Jun  5 2014 09:11:10 by "Christian" with MS VC++ 10.0 (VS2010)
>
> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (1.9.0) for windows-amd64 JRE (1.9.0),
> built on Jun  5 2014 09:15:57 by "Christian" with MS VC++ 12.0 (VS2013)
>
>   
>
> Webrev can be found at:
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ctornqvi/webrev/8043492/webrev.00/
>
>   
>
> Bug:
>
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8043492
>
>   
>
> Thanks,
>
> Christian
>