Add win_toolchain_version to support MSVC 2017 Updates

To make this simpler in the future, add a python script that finds the
most recent 2017 toolchain, and use that. If/when we update the bot
toolchain, this will be even more helpful, because the Chromium toolchain
isn't perfectly in sync with the general update channel, so people are
likely to have a newer/older release locally.

Note that explicitly setting win_toolchain_version in your GN args
suppresses the python script, so you can choose to build with whatever
version you need.

Bug: skia:
Change-Id: Iaf6d0dd9be2623472118c3ad27b20023a205d67c
Reviewed-on: https://skia-review.googlesource.com/81162
Commit-Queue: Brian Osman <brianosman@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Mike Klein <mtklein@chromium.org>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gn/BUILDCONFIG.gn b/gn/BUILDCONFIG.gn
index b81680aa88..413f660a79 100644
--- a/gn/BUILDCONFIG.gn
+++ b/gn/BUILDCONFIG.gn
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ declare_args() {
     windk = "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0"
   } else {
     windk = "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/Professional"
+    win_toolchain_version = ""
   }
 }
 
@@ -182,6 +183,12 @@ set_defaults("component") {
 }
 
 if (is_win) {
+  if (msvc == 2017 && win_toolchain_version == "") {
+    win_toolchain_version = exec_script("//gn/highest_version_dir.py",
+                                        [ "$windk/VC/Tools/MSVC" ],
+                                        "trim string")
+  }
+
   # Windows tool chain
   set_default_toolchain("//gn/toolchain:msvc")
   default_toolchain_name = "msvc"