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| author | Aaron Clauson <aaron@sipsorcery.com> | 2021-05-01 17:15:38 +0100 |
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| committer | Aaron Clauson <aaron@sipsorcery.com> | 2021-05-01 17:15:38 +0100 |
| commit | 0a331456e44ce2bdd3bfe62f7603a312905c6624 (patch) | |
| tree | 6d71385505bfccf6abcd5b340ee1e563d3addbbb /build_msvc | |
| parent | e1e1e708fa0fbc0c51460305da5d401ed8f218f3 (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-0a331456e44ce2bdd3bfe62f7603a312905c6624.tar.xz | |
Remove Visual Studio 2017 reference from readme
This PR was motivated by a comment in GUI PR (257) regarding a suggested improvement not being supported by VS2017.
When checking whether master can still be built with the VS2017 toolset ABI issues were encountered. Most likely due to the pre-compiled Qt binaries that are used.
It does not seem worth the effort to try and support VS2017, which would most likely require additional Qt binaries, or lengthy instructions on how to build static Qt binaries on Windows (which is very error prone and tedious).
Added advisory note about build not working with earlier Visual Studio versions.
Fixed grammar.
Diffstat (limited to 'build_msvc')
| -rw-r--r-- | build_msvc/README.md | 12 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/build_msvc/README.md b/build_msvc/README.md index 7c1704d30f..88a05644a7 100644 --- a/build_msvc/README.md +++ b/build_msvc/README.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Building Bitcoin Core with Visual Studio Introduction --------------------- -Solution and project files to build the Bitcoin Core applications `msbuild` or Visual Studio can be found in the `build_msvc` directory. The build has been tested with Visual Studio 2017 and 2019. +Solution and project files to build the Bitcoin Core applications `msbuild` or Visual Studio can be found in the `build_msvc` directory. The build has been tested with Visual Studio 2019 (building with earlier versions of Visual Studio should not be expected to work). Building with Visual Studio is an alternative to the Linux based [cross-compiler build](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/build-windows.md). @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ vcpkg integrate install Qt --------------------- -In order to build the Bitcoin Core a static build of Qt is required. The runtime library version (e.g. v141, v142) and platform type (x86 or x64) must also match. +In order to build Bitcoin Core a static build of Qt is required. The runtime library version (e.g. v142) and platform type (x86 or x64) must also match. Some prebuilt x64 versions of Qt can be downloaded from [here](https://github.com/sipsorcery/qt_win_binary/releases). Please be aware these downloads are NOT officially sanctioned by Bitcoin Core and are provided for developer convenience only. They should NOT be used for builds that will be used in a production environment or with real funds. @@ -57,19 +57,13 @@ PS >py -3 msvc-autogen.py - An optional step is to adjust the settings in the `build_msvc` directory and the `common.init.vcxproj` file. This project file contains settings that are common to all projects such as the runtime library version and target Windows SDK version. The Qt directories can also be set. -- To build from the command line with the Visual Studio 2017 toolchain use: - -``` -msbuild /m bitcoin.sln /p:Platform=x64 /p:Configuration=Release /p:PlatformToolset=v141 /t:build -``` - - To build from the command line with the Visual Studio 2019 toolchain use: ``` msbuild /m bitcoin.sln /p:Platform=x64 /p:Configuration=Release /t:build ``` -- Alternatively open the `build_msvc/bitcoin.sln` file in Visual Studio. +- Alternatively, open the `build_msvc/bitcoin.sln` file in Visual Studio 2019. AppVeyor --------------------- |