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| author | Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> | 2020-02-21 12:05:29 +0900 |
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| committer | Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> | 2020-02-21 12:05:29 +0900 |
| commit | dca3911a81f0ba823b56c3d4462419c83f385e55 (patch) | |
| tree | e3ba11d9eda02152a2b041185c73da1481bcca3b | |
| parent | b2304a71748a3e664a1b8354d746f28c38aaa816 (diff) | |
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Doc: Fix instructions to control build environment with MSVC
The documentation included some outdated instructions to change the
architecture, build type or target OS of a build done with MSVC. This
commit updates the documentation to include the modern options
available, down to Visual Studio 2013.
Reported-by: Kyotaro Horiguchi
Author: Juan José SantamarÃa Flecha
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAC+AXB0J7tAqW_2F1fCE4Dh2=Ccz96TcLpsGXOCvka7VvWG9Qw@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 12
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml | 21 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml index e492d8957ca..e2b8a4de578 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml @@ -109,14 +109,19 @@ <application>Visual Studio Command Prompt</application>. If you wish to build a 64-bit version, you must use the 64-bit version of the command, and vice versa. - In the <productname>Microsoft Windows SDK</productname>, start the - <application>CMD shell</application> listed under the SDK on the Start Menu. - In recent SDK versions you can change the targeted CPU architecture, build - type, and target OS by using the <command>setenv</command> command, e.g. - <command>setenv /x86 /release /xp</command> to target Windows XP or later - with a 32-bit release build. See <command>/?</command> for other options to - <command>setenv</command>. All commands should be run from the - <filename>src\tools\msvc</filename> directory. + Starting with <productname>Visual Studio 2017</productname> this can be + done from the command line using <command>VsDevCmd.bat</command>, see + <command>-help</command> for the available options and their default values. + <command>vsvars32.bat</command> is available in + <productname>Visual Studio 2015</productname> and earlier versions for the + same purpose. + From the <application>Visual Studio Command Prompt</application>, you can + change the targeted CPU architecture, build type, and target OS by using the + <command>vcvarsall.bat</command> command, e.g. + <command>vcvarsall.bat x64 10.0.10240.0</command> to target Windows 10 + with a 64-bit release build. See <command>-help</command> for the other + options of <command>vcvarsall.bat</command>. All commands should be run from + the <filename>src\tools\msvc</filename> directory. </para> <para> |