Hello, Coming back to this: "But that does not work neither because when one download VS2010 Express from a French territory, one gets the French version EVEN if the English version was explicitly requested (I made it twice, thinking I missed to select the English version)." Sadly I see the same. I got hold of the proper link if that can help: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9709949
Ludovic On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Francis ANDRE < francis.andre.kampb...@orange.fr> wrote: > Hi > > In the 7u40/jdk/make/common/shared/**Compiler-msvc.gmk, the code for > computing the CC_VER does work with a French VS2010 Express compiler > > CC_VER := $(shell $(CC) 2>&1 | $(HEAD) -n 1 | $(SED) > 's/.*\(Version.*\)/\1/' | $(NAWK) '{print $$2}') > > because the cl command returns > > Compilateur d'optimisation Microsoft (R) 32 bits C/C++ version > 16.00.30319.01 pour 80x86 > Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. Tous droits réservés. > > utilisation : cl [ option... ] nom de fichier... [ /link linkoption... ] > > So, soneone from the build team would say: Hey guy, pick up the English > version and it will work!. But that does not work neither because when one > download VS2010 Express from a French territory, one gets the French > version EVEN if the English version was explicitly requested (I made it > twice, thinking I missed to select the English version). > > > The problem has already been solved in the hotspot build by using the > externals variables FORCE_MSC_VER and FORCE_LINK_VERSION in this file > /hotspot/make/windows/get_msc_**ver.sh > > I can build a fix for this issue but I think it is better than someone > from the build team fix this issue because of the overall responsibility of > making the build correct on the WXP/VS2010 as well as others platforms > which I do not have. > > Francis > -- Ludovic ----------------------------------------- "Les formes qui differencient les etres importent peu si leur pensees s'unissent pour batir un univers..." Yoko Tsuno (in 'Les titans' by Roger Leloup) [The shapes that differenciate beings are not important if their thoughts unite to build a universe]