Merge #16235: build: Cleaned up and consolidated msbuild files (no code changes)

750d1bc7df Cleaned up and consolidated msvc build files to allow faster builds and easier migration to vs2019. (Aaron Clauson) Pull request description: This PR does the following: - Big cleanup of the msbuild project files and consolidation of common build parameters into a single common include, - Gets ready for switch to building with Visual Studio 2019 and Platform Toolset v142, - Will allow me to rebase #15529 to include the Qt Projects in the msbuild config. ACKs for commit 750d1b: fanquake: ACK 750d1bc7df5ec6505a8fb92dabface887c23817c NicolasDorier: tACK 750d1bc . Good to see the boilerplate go away. Tree-SHA512: 15b2c3e095037d2b927aecf81593be6b6963a944c40d8c6b270cd0a2e1f8b67347bf6a4676a15d7ba1831a60f4ee4e6a405611e1ff5a27aa4888b2f857eef22b
author: MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com> 2019-06-19 08:43:37 -0400
committer: MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com> 2019-06-19 08:44:11 -0400
commit: 0221420d1a0550cd849e0f3a5ada3738d5931bdd (patch)
tree: 3183500c03bd1f11744a880be946edd1441eba21
parent: 44d81723236114f9370f386f3b3310477a6dde43 (diff)
parent: 750d1bc7df5ec6505a8fb92dabface887c23817c (diff)
download: bitcoin-0221420d1a0550cd849e0f3a5ada3738d5931bdd.tar.xz
24 files changed, 300 insertions, 2985 deletions
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diff --git a/build_msvc/msvc-autogen.py b/build_msvc/msvc-autogen.py
index c8df29eecb..b612467bf3 100644
--- a/build_msvc/msvc-autogen.py
+++ b/build_msvc/msvc-autogen.py
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 
 import os
 import re
+import argparse
+from shutil import copyfile
 
 SOURCE_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'src'))
+DEFAULT_PLATFORM_TOOLSET = R'v141'
 
 libs = [
     'libbitcoin_cli',
@@ -42,8 +45,21 @@ def parse_makefile(makefile):
                     lib_sources[current_lib] = []
                     break
 
+def set_common_properties(toolset):
+    with open(os.path.join(SOURCE_DIR, '../build_msvc/common.init.vcxproj'), 'r', encoding='utf-8') as rfile:
+        s = rfile.read()
+        s = re.sub('<PlatformToolset>.*?</PlatformToolset>', '<PlatformToolset>'+toolset+'</PlatformToolset>', s)
+    with open(os.path.join(SOURCE_DIR, '../build_msvc/common.init.vcxproj'), 'w', encoding='utf-8',newline='\n') as wfile:
+        wfile.write(s)
 
 def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Bitcoin-core msbuild configuration initialiser.')
+    parser.add_argument('-toolset', nargs='?',help='Optionally sets the msbuild platform toolset, e.g. v142 for Visual Studio 2019.'
+         ' default is %s.'%DEFAULT_PLATFORM_TOOLSET)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    if args.toolset:
+        set_common_properties(args.toolset)
+
     for makefile_name in os.listdir(SOURCE_DIR):
         if 'Makefile' in makefile_name:
             parse_makefile(os.path.join(SOURCE_DIR, makefile_name))
@@ -58,7 +74,8 @@ def main():
             with open(vcxproj_filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as vcxproj_file:
                 vcxproj_file.write(vcxproj_in_file.read().replace(
                     '@SOURCE_FILES@\n', content))
-
+    copyfile(os.path.join(SOURCE_DIR,'../build_msvc/bitcoin_config.h'), os.path.join(SOURCE_DIR, 'config/bitcoin-config.h'))
+    copyfile(os.path.join(SOURCE_DIR,'../build_msvc/libsecp256k1_config.h'), os.path.join(SOURCE_DIR, 'secp256k1/src/libsecp256k1-config.h'))
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
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index 92fe95bddc..64bdb5f492 100644
--- a/build_msvc/test_bitcoin/test_bitcoin.vcxproj
+++ b/build_msvc/test_bitcoin/test_bitcoin.vcxproj
@@ -1,24 +1,13 @@
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-    </ProjectConfiguration>
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-      <Platform>x64</Platform>
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+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
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+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
+    <OutDir>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\test\*_tests.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\test\*_properties.cpp" />
@@ -63,140 +52,6 @@
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author	MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com>	2019-06-19 08:43:37 -0400
committer	MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com>	2019-06-19 08:44:11 -0400
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