[jdk8u-dev] Integrated: 8366112: [8u] GHA: Fix broken installation of Windows SDK

[Zdenek Zambersky]

On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:44:29 GMT, Zdenek Zambersky <zzambers at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Installation of Windows SDK 10 by VS 2017 [no longer works](https://github.com/kvergizova/jdk8u-dev/actions/runs/17135435204/job/48610166513). This causes configure failure for windows x64 builds (during freetype configuration):
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> configure: User specified --with-freetype-src but building freetype failed. (see freetype.log for build results)
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> Actual failure is (from freetype.log):
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> C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.Cpp.WindowsSDK.targets(46,5): error MSB8036: The Windows SDK version 10.0.17763.0 was not found. Install the required version of Windows SDK or change the SDK version in the project property pages or by right-clicking the solution and selecting "Retarget solution". [D:\a\jdk8u-dev\jdk8u-dev\freetype\builds\windows\vc2010\freetype.vcxproj]
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> While VS 2017 shows no installation errors, it seems like requested SDK version (17763) is no longer available and need to be updated. (VS 2017 installer apparently downloads components from the internet)
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> Fix:
> When checked manually in Windows VM, `19041` was only Windows SDK 10 version available in VS2017 installer, so I switched to that version.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 41e6bf7d
Author:    Zdenek Zambersky <zzambers at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/commit/41e6bf7d1f6a0b576c46c1f00e2c4cbc89a48a96
Stats:     2 lines in 2 files changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 2 mod

8366112: [8u] GHA: Fix broken installation of Windows SDK

Reviewed-by: sgehwolf

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/681