Honor MSVC WindowsSDKVersion if set

Add a line to the project file setting the target SDK. Otherwise, in for
example VS2017, if the default but optional 8.1 SDK is not installed the
build will fail.

Patch from Peifeng Qiu, slightly edited by me.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CABmtVJhw1boP_bd4=b3Qv5YnqEdL696NtHFi2ruiyQ6mFHkeQQ@mail.gmail.com

Backpatch to all live branches.

diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/MSBuildProject.pm b/src/tools/msvc/MSBuildProject.pm
index ca965bdf1aa24eed327edf633007058d4036027d..695d7a8b104e752d5a7cefee33c3a5fd9cb19326 100644 (file)
--- a/src/tools/msvc/MSBuildProject.pm
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/MSBuildProject.pm
@@ -40,6 +40,19 @@ EOF
   
   
     $self->{guid}
+EOF
+   # Check whether WindowsSDKVersion env variable is present.
+   # Add WindowsTargetPlatformVersion node if so.
+   my $sdkVersion = $ENV{'WindowsSDKVersion'};
+   if (defined($sdkVersion))
+   {
+       # remove trailing backslash if necessary.
+       $sdkVersion, =~  s/\\$//;
+       print $f <
+    $sdkVersion
+EOF
+   }
+   print $f <
   
   
 EOF