The buildbot can probably be fixed by updating the lib folder name in build_files/utils/make_update.py.
On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 5:16 PM Ray Molenkamp <[email protected]> wrote: > So... that broke the windows build bot, if anyone with access > to the windows bot could check out the libs that be great! > > --Ray > > On 2019-11-08 9:02 a.m., Ray Molenkamp wrote: > > All, > > > > Since the beginning of time we have always used a > > weird mix of using the static C runtime for some > > parts of blender while using the dynamic runtime > > for others. > > > > No-one exactly remembers how this came to be, but > > what was clear that mixing runtimes is 'not great' > > and that it eventually would cause issues, which > > it recently did [1] > > > > Today I'm cleaning it up and switching blender > > over to the dynamic runtime on windows. > > > > Now sadly this requires a whole new library set > > so if you are building blender on windows you may > > have some hiccups and unfortunately a large download. > > > > Ideally you'd run 'make update' *twice* and it will > > sort it self out. (Once to get the updated make.bat > > that knows about the new libs, and a second time to > > actually grab them) > > > > However there are some side cases where people > > did not follow our building guide and/or systems > > where cmake just behaved oddly, so here is a list of > > oddities you may run into and how to resolve them. > > > > 1) I get a build error along the lines of: > > > > Windows requires pre-compiled libs at: > 'c:/blender-git/blender/../lib/win64_vc15'. > > Please run make update in the blender source folder to obtain them. > > > > Solution: > > > > Do what it says, if "make update" does not work for you, see 2 > > > > 2) I checked out the libraries my self, I don't have SVN > > in my path and/or "make update" does not work for me. > > > > It happens, not everybody is following our building > > instructions [2] for various reasons, and some environments > > just don't seem to play nice with our scripts. > > > > Solution: > > > > You can check out the new set of libraries manually from > > > > https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blender/trunk/lib/win64_vc15 > > > > just make sure they and up in the next to the win64_vc14 folder > > you currently have and it should work. > > > > 3) I have a linker error mentioning a RuntimeLibrary mismatch > > > > These generally come in the form of: > > > > 'RuntimeLibrary': value 'MTd_StaticRelease' doesn't match value > 'MDd_DynamicRelease' in [somefile] > > > > This seems to be coming from CMake not always picking > > up on changes in the platform settings. > > > > Solution: > > > > Remove your build folder and start a fresh build > > > > 4) MSVC 2015 > > > > MSVC2015 has been superseded by 2 newer versions both > > available for free, 2015 support will be dialed back > > to the same level as 32 bit support. We don't test it > > nor supply libraries for it anymore, however if you > > have your own set of libraries and have patches that > > help with vs2015 specific issues you are always > > welcome to submit those. > > > > Solution: Update to vs2017 or vs2019 > > > > 5) I have a branch that has not merged this change yet. > > > > That's OK, the static vc14 libraries will be available > > for some time. However no further updates will be done > > to them. > > > > Special acknowledgments: > > > > Thanks to @Harleya and @deadpin on chat for helping test > > so we could have an as smooth as possible transition to > > the new libs. > > > > [1] https://developer.blender.org/D5387#122165 > > [2] https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Building_Blender/Windows > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bf-committers mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
