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Jan-E
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Note for all that install VS 2017 (VC15) besides VS 2015 (VC14): if you want to keep the VC14 command prompts to be the same as before, you'll have to add an extra argument to the command prompt.
For instance, this was the VS2015 x64 Native Tools Command Prompt:
| Code: | | %comspec% /k ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat"" amd64 |
After installing Visual Studio 2017, this command prompt will use Windows kit version 10. If you still want to use version 8.1 of the Windows kit, for instance for compiling PHP 7.0 or 7.1, a second argument is needed:
| Code: | | %comspec% /k ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat"" amd64 8.1 |
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Steffen
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| Posted: Tue 25 Apr '17 13:39 Post subject: |
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I have only installed VC15 on the box, did not changed anything and my command prompt is :
%comspec% /k "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars32.bat |
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Jan-E
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| Posted: Tue 25 Apr '17 13:52 Post subject: |
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That is the 'x86 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2017'
Visual Studio 2017 > Visual Studio Tools > VC
The VS 2015 command prompts are here:
Visual Studio 2015 > Visual Studio Tools > Windows Desktop Command Prompts |
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glsmith
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| Posted: Tue 25 Apr '17 20:42 Post subject: |
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| Anyone notice there's a 15.1 already? That's the fastest update so far of any VC version. Is 15 going to be a nightmare? I wonder. |
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Jan-E
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| Posted: Wed 26 Apr '17 2:24 Post subject: |
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Looks like Microsoft is following the changes in the supported platforms more rapidly. The 15.1 update coincides with the availability of the Windows 10 Creators update. Another VC15 update follows the availability of iOS 10.3 and XCode 8.3. This seems a logical and sensible update policy to me.
Talking about nightmares: XCode (Apple's IDE) really brought a surprise. To develop for iOS 10.3 (a minor update from iOS 10.2) a minor update of XCode is required (from 8.2 to 8.3), but a major (!) update of macOS. From macOS El Capitan to macOS Sierra. Developers on old Mac's that cannot be upgraded to macOS Sierra are really out-of-luck. Visual Studio 2017 still runs fine on Windows 7...
BTW. Do not install the Windows 10 Creators update manually:
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/04/25/windows-10-creators-update-rollout-first-phase-update/
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Jan-E
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| Posted: Wed 26 Apr '17 2:42 Post subject: |
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Quote from https://www.apachelounge.com/viewtopic.php?p=35243#35243
| Steffen wrote: | Note form MS:
There are a lot of improvements in the C++ compilers and libraries in this release of Visual Studio that will entice you to move to Visual Studio 2017's latest toolset (v141) - new standard conformance features, improved codegen, faster build throughput. |
This one surprised me. Up until now the toolsets were closely tied to the VC version. VS 2008 - VC9 -> v90, VS 2012 - VC11 -> v110, VS 2015 - VC14 -> v140, but VS 2017 - VC15 brings only v141. This reflects the binary compatibility of builds by VC14 and VC15, but the numbering system is more confusing then ever before. |
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Jan-E
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| Posted: Wed 26 Apr '17 3:23 Post subject: |
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| Jan-E wrote: | | Up until now the toolsets were closely tied to the VC version. VS 2008 - VC9 -> v90, VS 2012 - VC11 -> v110, VS 2015 - VC14 -> v140, but VS 2017 - VC15 brings only v141. This reflects the binary compatibility of builds by VC14 and VC15, but the numbering system is more confusing then ever before. |
Wouldn't it be that Microsoft gradually drops the VC-numbering? We are calling Visual Studio 2017 VC15, but what is the ground for that?
Even the redistributables do not call themselves VC15. See https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/
Bottom > Open 'Other Tools and Frameworks' > Lowest download.
When installing the VS 2017 redistributable, it announces it self as 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x64) - 14.10.25017'.
Should we drop 'VC15' in favour of 'VS2017'?
Edit: See http://news.php.net/php.internals.win/1173 as well. |
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glsmith
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| Posted: Wed 26 Apr '17 9:51 Post subject: |
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| Jan-E wrote: | | Should we drop 'VC15' in favour of 'VS2017'? |
No, we should drop the stupid YYYY when speaking of VC. VS is more than just VC++.
VC numbers come from the linker version.
VC9
Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 9.00.30729.01
VC14
Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 14.00.23506.0 |
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Steffen
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| Posted: Wed 26 Apr '17 9:57 Post subject: |
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We have compiler, toolset, linker etc. versions. Overall it is called VC15 by ms, see e.g. about.
So we keep VC15 |
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Jan-E
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| Posted: Wed 26 Apr '17 11:05 Post subject: |
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| glsmith wrote: | VC numbers come from the linker version.
VC9
Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 9.00.30729.01
VC14
Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 14.00.23506.0 |
And VC15 says it is 14.10
**********************************************************************
** Visual Studio 2017 Developer Command Prompt v15.0.26403.7
** Copyright (c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation
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[vcvarsall.bat] Environment initialized for: 'x64'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community>link
Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 14.10.25019.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. |
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Jan-E
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| Posted: Wed 26 Apr '17 11:11 Post subject: |
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| Steffen wrote: | We have compiler, toolset, linker etc. versions. Overall it is called VC15 by ms, see e.g. about.
So we keep VC15 |
About says it is Visual Studio 2017, version 15. And Visual C/C++ C# 2017. The verb 'VC15' is nowhere used by MS as far as I know. Definitely not in the about.
VS15 would be more appropiate than VC15, allthough that verb is not used by MS either. |
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