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| author |  Mike Klein <mtklein@chromium.org> | 2017-05-04 11:16:57 -0400 |
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| committer | Mike Klein <mtklein@chromium.org> | 2017-05-04 16:27:42 +0000 |
| commit | f2daf74760eaf3565490edb9247f8d546e84dff5 (patch) | |
| tree | 5175afc283211b57ef2a0c9716ecfef610feaebc /site | |
| parent | b9641bd55a8f63757a63d9302755feb55d2e9502 (diff) | |
update Windows build docs
- mention 2017
- describe 32-bit builds a bit more
Change-Id: I386c51bcf4863f91db2eade01bad1e54c1049e6c
Reviewed-on: https://skia-review.googlesource.com/15314
Reviewed-by: Ben Wagner <bungeman@google.com>
Commit-Queue: Mike Klein <mtklein@chromium.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'site')
| -rw-r--r-- | site/user/build.md | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/site/user/build.md b/site/user/build.md index 9d43fc2691..bfcb18a7c3 100644 --- a/site/user/build.md +++ b/site/user/build.md @@ -133,15 +133,17 @@ you'll want to have a read through go/appledev. Windows ------- -Skia can build on Windows with Visual Studio 2015 Update 3. No older or newer -version is supported. The bots use a packaged toolchain, which you may be able -to download like this: +Skia can build on Windows with Visual Studio 2015 Update 3, or Visual Studio +2017 by setting `msvc = 2017` in GN. No older versions are supported. The bots +use a packaged 2015 toolchain, which Googlers can download like this: python infra/bots/assets/win_toolchain/download.py -t C:/toolchain If you pass that downloaded path to GN via `windk`, you can build using that toolchain instead of your own from Visual Studio. This toolchain is the only -way we support 32-bit builds, by also setting `target_cpu="x86"`. +way we support 32-bit builds with 2015, by also setting `target_cpu="x86"`. +32-bit builds should work with the default 2017 install if you follow the +directions GN prints to set up your environment. ### Visual Studio Solutions |