RFR: 8342733: Remove references to compiler flags /D_STATIC_CPPLIB and /D_DISABLE_DEPRECATE_STATIC_CPPLIB in win.gradle

[Kevin Rushforth]

On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 03:32:15 GMT, Anirvan Sarkar <asarkar at openjdk.org> wrote:

> The flags /D_STATIC_CPPLIB and /D_DISABLE_DEPRECATE_STATIC_CPPLIB were required on Visual Studio 2010 to avoid bundling msvcp*.dll. These flags do not work since Visual Studio 2012.
> 
> These flags are initially added to common set of Visual Studio compiler flags when JavaFX is built.
> 
> Before JDK-8289174, these flags were then removed if JavaFX is built on Visual Studio 2010.
> After JDK-8289174, these flags are always removed when JavaFX is built.
> 
> As the addition and removal of these flags are now effectively no-op, references to these flags can be removed.

This seems like the right thing to do. It looks safe enough, but I'd like a second reviewer, as well as giving Gluon a chance to test it.

Reviewers: @lukostyra @tiainen

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/2083#issuecomment-3945539222