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| author |  Philipp Wollermann <philwo@google.com> | 2018-03-05 08:26:22 -0800 |
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| committer |  Copybara-Service <copybara-piper@google.com> | 2018-03-05 08:29:12 -0800 |
| commit | 3e117aebeca3a93949e4f7255b5d40b7821a62a7 (patch) | |
| tree | 3a30d77aee8aa2882c7df24484452ca23f2946cf /site/docs/windows.md | |
| parent | b54f0c5aa5d8f95c7178103fba4ebc545983f6d2 (diff) | |
Recommend to use the Visual C++ Build Tools 2015.
Closes #4743.
PiperOrigin-RevId: 187869648
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/site/docs/windows.md b/site/docs/windows.md index cb190d4570..a3db04a1d2 100644 --- a/site/docs/windows.md +++ b/site/docs/windows.md @@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ To build C++ targets, you need: * Install the [Visual C++ Build Tools 2015 or later](http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools). + Due to a [known issue](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/3949) with + Bazel's support for the Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017, we currently + recommend using the 2015 version instead. + * The `BAZEL_VS` or `BAZEL_VC` environment variable. Bazel tries to locate the C++ compiler the first time you build any @@ -144,7 +148,7 @@ To build C++ targets, you need: or ``` - set BAZEL_VC=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\VC + set BAZEL_VC=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC ``` * The [Windows |