That'd be with set GYP_GENERATORS=msvs But I'm afraid we dropped official support for this a while back.
Why not build with ninja? E.g. gyp_generator like you specified and then build with: ninja -C out\Release on x64 platforms might require: ninja -C out\Release_x64 On Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at 10:56:55 AM UTC+2, Pieter wrote: > > Thanks for the reply Jochen, > How do I specify the msvs gyp generator? > > On Wednesday, 21 September 2016 10:54:39 UTC+2, Jochen Eisinger wrote: >> >> If you want to build with MSVS, you need the msvs gyp generator. >> msvs-ninja only supports browsing the project, not building it >> >> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 10:04 AM Pieter <germishu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> I have been struggling for a couple of days to get the correct >>> incantations to get a build of v8 working on windows 10 with visual studio >>> 2015. >>> >>> In short the steps that i've been attempting are as follows >>> >>> - set DEPOT_TOOLS_WIN_TOOLCHAIN=0 >>> - set GYP_MSVS_VERSION=2015 >>> - set GYP_GENERATORS=msvs-ninja,ninja >>> - Get depot tools from: wget >>> https://storage.googleapis.com/chrome-infra/depot_tools.zip -OutFile >>> depot_tools.zip >>> - Expand Archive: Expand-Archive .\depot_tools.zip -dest depot_tools >>> - Set the path for depot tools >>> - Checkout the v8 source code by running: fetch v8 >>> - Change directory to /v8 and checkout 5.2: git checkout >>> branch-heads/5.2 >>> - Run sync so that all the dependencies are up to date with the >>> branch: gclient sync >>> - To generate the project files run: third_party/python_26/python.exe >>> build\gyp_v8 -Dtarget_arch=x64 >>> - To build: : "c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio >>> 14.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.com" /build Release gypfiles\All.sln >>> >>> I am running into all kinds of issues related with the build and after >>> running the last command it ends with >>> >>> The first occurrence of the error is >>> >>> 1> ninja -t msvc -e environment.x64 -- "C:\Program Files >>> (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin\amd64\cl.exe" /nologo / >>> showIncludes /FC @obj\third_party\icu\source\i18n\icui18n.collationkeys. >>> obj.rsp /c..\..\third_party\icu\source\i18n\collationkeys.cpp /Foobj\ >>> third_party\icu\source\i18n\icui18n.collationkeys.obj /Fdobj\third_party >>> \icu\icui18n.cc.pdb >>> 1>C:\source\v8build\v8\third_party\icu\source\i18n\collationkeys.cpp : >>> fatal >>> error C1083: Cannot open compiler generated file: >>> 'C:\source\v8build\v8\out\Release_x64\obj\third_party\icu\source\i18n\icui18n.collationkeys.obj' >>> : Permission denied >>> >>> I am not sure why i'm getting a permission denied. >>> >>> the build then ends with >>> >>> 40> ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed. >>> 40>ninja : warning : premature end of file; recovering >>> 40>C:\source\v8build\v8\test\fuzzer\wasm_fuzzer.vcxproj(334,5): error >>> MSB3073: The command "call ninja.exe -C ..\..\out\Release_x64\ >>> wasm_fuzzer" exited with code 1. >>> >>> ..\..\out\Release_x64\ wasm_fuzzer" exited with code 1. >>> ========== Build: 20 succeeded, 21 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped >>> ========== >>> >>> >>> Any help would be much appreciated >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> v8-users mailing list >>> v8-u...@googlegroups.com >>> http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "v8-users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to v8-users+u...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- -- v8-users mailing list v8-users@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "v8-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to v8-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
