RFR: 8242508: Upgrade to Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5.3

John Neffenger jgneff at openjdk.java.net
Fri May 7 03:29:59 UTC 2021


On Wed, 3 Mar 2021 22:07:34 GMT, Alessadro Parisi <github.com+16880178+palexdev at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This is a toolchain upgrade on Windows from the current Visual Studio 2017 (version 15.9.16) to Visual Studio 2019 (version 16.5.3). This will match a recent upgrade done for JDK 15 -- see [JDK-8244214](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8244214).
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>> I have run a full build and test using this new compiler.
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>> NOTE: although this isn't strictly dependent on [JDK-8244487](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8244487), which is out for review as PR #211 , I plan to wait until that one is approved. I will then integrate PR #211 followed by this PR.
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> Can you also update the build script located in tools/scripts?
> Build fails on my system with `FAIL: WINSDK_DIR not defined`
> Also, it's not possible to install Windows SDK 7.1 on Windows 10, so that should be updated too

@palexdev Please ignore my previous comment and see #488 if you're still getting the `WINSDK_DIR` error.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/212


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