Обсуждение: build on windows issue - running build.bat from src\tools\msvc

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Hi I get the msg :

Unable to determine Visual Studio version: The nmake version could not be
determined. at src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm line 91.

This is on visual studio 2017

Thanks for help or pointer to faq that helps

regards

On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 04:28:54PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> Unable to determine Visual Studio version: The nmake version could not be
> determined. at src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm line 91.
>
> This is on visual studio 2017
>
> Thanks for help or pointer to faq that helps

hamerkop tests with MSVC 2017 on a daily basis and we are not getting
any complains:
https://buildfarm.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/show_history.pl?nm=hamerkop&br=HEAD

And support has been added by this commit:
commit: f2ab3898f3a25ef431db4ea90a8d128b974dbffe
author: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 08:03:05 -0400
Support building with Visual Studio 2017

Haribabu Kommi, reviewed by Takeshi Ideriha and Christian Ullrich

Backpatch to 9.6

Which version of Postgres are you trying to build?  Perhaps it is
something older than 9.6?
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Michael