Add support for Visual Studio 2019 in build scripts

This adjusts the documentation and the scripts related to the versions
of Windows SDK supported.

Author: Haribabu Kommi
Reviewed-by: Andrew Dunstan, Juan José Santamaría Flecha, Michael
Paquier
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAJrrPGcfqXhfPyMrny9apoDU7M1t59dzVAvoJ9AeAh5BJi+UzA@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 9.4

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/VSObjectFactory.pm b/src/tools/msvc/VSObjectFactory.pm
index 92a4fb6841f..73990ede399 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/VSObjectFactory.pm
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/VSObjectFactory.pm
@@ -56,16 +56,29 @@ sub CreateSolution
 		return new VS2015Solution(@_);
 	}
 
-	# visual 2017 hasn't changed the nmake version to 15, so adjust the check to support it.
-	elsif (($visualStudioVersion ge '14.10')
-		or ($visualStudioVersion eq '15.00'))
+	# The version of nmake bundled in Visual Studio 2017 is greater
+	# than 14.10 and less than 14.20.  And the version number is
+	# actually 15.00.
+	elsif (
+		($visualStudioVersion ge '14.10' && $visualStudioVersion lt '14.20')
+		|| $visualStudioVersion eq '15.00')
 	{
 		return new VS2017Solution(@_);
 	}
+
+	# The version of nmake bundled in Visual Studio 2019 is greater
+	# than 14.20 and less than 14.30.  And the version number is
+	# actually 16.00.
+	elsif (
+		($visualStudioVersion ge '14.20' && $visualStudioVersion lt '14.30')
+		|| $visualStudioVersion eq '16.00')
+	{
+		return new VS2019Solution(@_);
+	}
 	else
 	{
-		croak $visualStudioVersion;
-		croak "The requested Visual Studio version is not supported.";
+		croak
+		  "The requested Visual Studio version $visualStudioVersion is not supported.";
 	}
 }
 
@@ -103,16 +116,29 @@ sub CreateProject
 		return new VC2015Project(@_);
 	}
 
-	# visual 2017 hasn't changed the nmake version to 15, so adjust the check to support it.
-	elsif (($visualStudioVersion ge '14.10')
-		or ($visualStudioVersion eq '15.00'))
+	# The version of nmake bundled in Visual Studio 2017 is greater
+	# than 14.10 and less than 14.20.  And the version number is
+	# actually 15.00.
+	elsif (
+		($visualStudioVersion ge '14.10' && $visualStudioVersion lt '14.20')
+		|| $visualStudioVersion eq '15.00')
 	{
 		return new VC2017Project(@_);
 	}
+
+	# The version of nmake bundled in Visual Studio 2019 is greater
+	# than 14.20 and less than 14.30.  And the version number is
+	# actually 16.00.
+	elsif (
+		($visualStudioVersion ge '14.20' && $visualStudioVersion lt '14.30')
+		|| $visualStudioVersion eq '16.00')
+	{
+		return new VC2019Project(@_);
+	}
 	else
 	{
-		croak $visualStudioVersion;
-		croak "The requested Visual Studio version is not supported.";
+		croak
+		  "The requested Visual Studio version $visualStudioVersion is not supported.";
 	}
 }
 
@@ -139,12 +165,14 @@ sub _GetVisualStudioVersion
 {
 	my ($major, $minor) = @_;
 
-	# visual 2017 hasn't changed the nmake version to 15, so still using the older version for comparison.
-	if ($major > 14)
+	# The major visual studio that is supported has nmake
+	# version <= 14.30, so stick with it as the latest version
+	# if bumping on something even newer.
+	if ($major >= 14 && $minor >= 30)
 	{
 		carp
 		  "The determined version of Visual Studio is newer than the latest supported version. Returning the latest supported version instead.";
-		return '14.00';
+		return '14.20';
 	}
 	elsif ($major < 6)
 	{