On 7/19/19 5:51 AM, Michael Paquier wrote: > >> I'm also very curious on how hamerkop and bowerbird build postgres with >> VS2017. Looks like hamerkop and bowerbird both exist before VS2017 >> and maybe they get SDK v8.1 from previous VS installations. I will >> contact admin of hamerkop and bowerbird and see if that's the case. >> As of now I can still encounter the same issue with fresh installed >> Windows Server 2016 and VS2017, on both azure and google cloud. So >> better to patch the build system anyway. > I guess so but I cannot confirm myself. I am adding Andrew and Hari > in CC to double-check if they have seen this problem or not. Hari has > also worked on porting VS 2017 and 2019 in the MSVC scripts in the > tree.
My tests of the VS2017 stuff used this install mechanism on a fresh Windows instance: choco install -y visualstudio2017-workload-vctools --package-parameters "--includeOptional" This installed Windows Kits 8.1 and 10, among many other things. cheers andrew -- Andrew Dunstan https://www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
