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| author | Tor Lillqvist <tlillqvist@suse.com> | 2012-11-28 20:52:32 +0200 |
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| committer | Tor Lillqvist <tlillqvist@suse.com> | 2012-11-28 20:53:44 +0200 |
| commit | c87389c7680481da2a96d4f4e0615913f0054da9 (patch) | |
| tree | 3558284219a4cbdc23f69971ce8d8193f83060c3 /configure.ac | |
| parent | 13fa5d94f287f6e6bba767bd491731667f921b48 (diff) | |
Add comment about Windows SDK 8
Change-Id: I91abacdbe75b36a61e110068e300c54c08c7ead2
Diffstat (limited to 'configure.ac')
| -rw-r--r-- | configure.ac | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index b21a59b32bdb..5ebf6ff496e1 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -8997,8 +8997,22 @@ if test "$_os" = "WINNT"; then WINDOWS_SDK_HOME=`cygpath -d "$WINDOWS_SDK_HOME"` WINDOWS_SDK_HOME=`cygpath -u "$WINDOWS_SDK_HOME"` - #If this sdk is incomplete, lets see if the one - #recommended to be installed is available + # If this sdk is incomplete, lets see if the one + # recommended to be installed is available. + + # This refers to the Windows SDK 8 (as distributed + # with Visual Studio 2012, or maybe also + # separately), I assume. + + # I wouldn't say that it is "incomplete", it is + # just structured differtently. We do seem to try + # to adapt to that structure below (look for the + # Include/um etc stuff), so rejecting it here is a + # bit premature... *but* then one notices that + # compiling with MSVS2008 and trying to use SDK 8 + # leads to horrible errors in ICU at least. Oh + # well. + if test ! -x "$WINDOWS_SDK_HOME/bin/msiinfo.exe"; then WINDOWS_SDK7_HOME=`cat "/proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Microsoft SDKs/Windows/v7.1/InstallationFolder" 2> /dev/null | tr '\000' '\n' | head -n 1` if test -n "$WINDOWS_SDK7_HOME"; then |