RFR: 8244487: One Windows 10 SDK file missing from FX build

Thu May 7 16:17:32 UTC 2020

On Wed, 6 May 2020 17:34:39 GMT, Kevin Rushforth <kcr at openjdk.org> wrote:

> While auditing the list of redistributed Microsoft files in the JDK versus FX, I discovered one file that the JDK ships
> that FX does not:
> api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll
> 
> I checked the Redist directory in the Windows 10 SDK and this is the only one we are missing.
> 
> Root cause: the current version of the Windows 10 SDK has 41 redistributable `api-ms-win-*` files. There were 40 when
> we first upgraded to VS 2017 and Windows 10 SDK three years ago. We didn't reexamine the list when upgrading to a later
> minor version of VS 2017 and the Windows 10 SDK.  We haven't yet seen any problems as a result, but since we are
> getting ready to upgrade to VS 2019 see [JDK-8242508](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8242508) -- we should
> correct this so it doesn't cause problems in the future.

Marked as reviewed by jvos (Reviewer).

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/211