[cfe-dev] Incomplete binary distribution windows

[Zachary Turner via cfe-dev]

I can theorize that perhaps what breaks is that if you have an old VS
integration + LLVM installed, then install a new LLVM, the old VS
integration will not be able to find the new clang-cl.exe.  I don't have a
good idea on how to address this off the top of my head except perhaps to
create the msbuild-bin folder but put a DEPRECATED.TXT file in there so
people will find it.

The other problem though is that the new VS integration only works with >=
2017, so if someone can't upgrade for some reason, this would still be a
problem for them.  Perhaps we could continue copying the main executable
there for backwards compatibility?

On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 6:50 AM Hans Wennborg <hans at chromium.org> wrote:

> As noted on http://llvm.org/builds/ the installer no longer includes
> the Visual Studio integration, instead a new one can be downloaded
> from
> https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=LLVMExtensions.llvm-toolchain
> and that does not rely on having the "fake" cl.exe executable.
>
> Can you share more details on what broke because the installer doesn't
> include msbuild-bin/cl.exe? This will also apply to the upcoming llvm
> 7 release, so it would be good to understand if this causes problems.
>
> Thanks,
> Hans
>
> On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 7:29 AM, degski via cfe-dev
> <cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> > If anyone feels this email does not concern them then please ignore it.
> >
> > Both LLVM-8.0.0-r339039-win64.exe and LLVM-7.0.0-rc1-win64.exe do not
> create
> > the folder ..\LLVM\msbuild-bin and a copy of the main executable renamed
> to
> > cl.exe in that folder. Mahem ensues.
> >
> > I'm not writing this for my own purpose, I've solved the issue but for
> those
> > after me.
> >
> > Have a nice day,
> >
> > degski
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