Updated OpenJFX build instructions

Sat Dec 23 14:29:10 UTC 2017

It's quite possible that Microsoft changed something in their 
installation of Visual Studio. We are relying on the VC/Auxiliary/Build 
directory being created as part of the (default) Visual Studio 
installation so we can find vcvars32.bat. You might look in your 
installation and see whether that file exists somewhere else. If it 
does, then point VS150COMNTOOLS to the directory containing that bat file.

I won't have any more time to look at it this until after the new 
year...maybe someone else on the list can help?

-- Kevin

Nir Lisker wrote:
> I did set them, but... if I set them in bash they disappear the next 
> time I launch it, which made me think they are not being set properly 
> for some reason even though they appear in `export -p` immediately 
> after. Launching bash as admin didn't do anything (I thought write 
> permissions issue).
>
> So I went to the /home/user/.bash_profile file and added the export 
> declarations there. Now they appear on `export -p` properly every 
> launch. I also did `gradle --stop` and `rm -rf build`, but `gradle 
> clean` gives the same error.
>
> Otherwise, I also noticed that the folder VS150COMNTOOLS is pointing 
> to does not exist. I downloaded today VS 2017 Community version 15.5.2 
> (which is what I set for MSVC_VER). This is as close as it gets:
>
> ---
> Nir at Nir-Desktop /cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual 
> Studio/2017/Community
> $ dir
> Common7  Licenses  MSBuild  Team\ Tools  Xml
> ---
>
> (no VC/Auxiliary/Build)
>
> Is that directory supposed to be created by some process, I needed to 
> select some installation package for VS, or did something change from 
> version 14.x to 15.x?
>
> Nir
>
> On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 4:14 AM, Kevin Rushforth 
> <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com <mailto:kevin.rushforth at oracle.com>> wrote:
>
>     Thanks for the feedback...I'll note it.
>
>     As for the build failure, did you install Visual Studio 2017 and
>     set the two env variables (VS150COMNTOOLS and MSVC_VER) to point
>     to it? If so, then it should determine WINSDK_DIR without anything
>     else needed.
>
>     -- Kevin
>
>
>
>     Nir Lisker wrote:
>>     Thanks Kevin,
>>
>>     I'm going through the process now on Win 10.
>>
>>     A few things to note:
>>     - In the Platform Prerequisites/cygwin it says to make sure
>>     mercurial package is installed. Later, under Common
>>     Prerequisites/Mercurial it says "you can also install Mercurial
>>     as a cygwin package". It's not clear then if it's needed or
>>     optional and if it replaces or complements the other hg toolings.
>>     - The link to Tortoise should be https://tortoisehg.bitbucket.io
>>     <https://tortoisehg.bitbucket.io> (not .org).
>>     - Might be trivial but I would say it's worth noting that all
>>     commands listed there are to be ran in cygwin.
>>     - The hg clone command probably needs to have a note added about
>>     the destination folder.
>>
>>     The problems starts after navigating to the /rt directory and
>>     executing 'gradle tasks' or `gradle projects`:
>>
>>     $ gradle tasks
>>     :buildSrc:generateGrammarSource
>>     A problem was found with the configuration of task
>>     ':buildSrc:generateGrammarSource'. Registering invalid inputs and
>>     outputs via TaskInputs and TaskOutputs methods has been
>>     deprecated and is scheduled to be removed in Gradle 5.0.
>>      - Directory 'D:\rt\buildSrc\src\main\antlr' specified for
>>     property '$1' does not exist.
>>     :buildSrc:generateGrammarSource UP-TO-DATE
>>     :buildSrc:compileJava NO-SOURCE
>>     :buildSrc:compileGroovy UP-TO-DATE
>>     :buildSrc:processResources NO-SOURCE
>>     :buildSrc:classes UP-TO-DATE
>>     :buildSrc:jar UP-TO-DATE
>>     :buildSrc:assemble UP-TO-DATE
>>     :buildSrc:compileTestJava NO-SOURCE
>>     :buildSrc:compileTestGroovy NO-SOURCE
>>     :buildSrc:processTestResources NO-SOURCE
>>     :buildSrc:testClasses UP-TO-DATE
>>     :buildSrc:test NO-SOURCE
>>     :buildSrc:check UP-TO-DATE
>>     :buildSrc:build UP-TO-DATE
>>
>>     FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
>>
>>     * Where:
>>     Script 'D:\rt\buildSrc\win.gradle' line: 93
>>
>>     * What went wrong:
>>     A problem occurred evaluating script.
>>     > FAIL: WINSDK_DIR not defined
>>
>>     * Try:
>>     Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with
>>     --info or --debug option to get more log output.
>>
>>     * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org
>>
>>     BUILD FAILED in 2s
>>
>>     ---
>>
>>     I did not install DirectX SDK. Also the output of the above
>>     commands in the instructions page seems out of date compared to
>>     the contents of the directory... or I messed up.
>>
>>     Any ideas?
>>
>>      
>>
>>         I did a first pass over the build instructions on the OpenJFX
>>         Wiki [1].
>>         I think I cleaned up the worst of the inaccuracies, and added
>>         some
>>         information that will make it easier to build.
>>
>>         I'm not the best person to see whether anything important is
>>         missing,
>>         though. Someone less familiar with the build should look it
>>         over and let
>>         me know what I've missed. I won't be able to get back to this
>>         until
>>         after the holidays and after JDK 10 RDP1 is over, but will
>>         take another
>>         pass at it then and incorporate the feedback.
>>
>>         -- Kevin
>>
>>         [1]
>>         https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Building+OpenJFX
>>         <https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Building+OpenJFX>
>>
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