If you want to build with MSVS, you need the msvs gyp generator. msvs-ninja only supports browsing the project, not building it
On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 10:04 AM Pieter <germishuys.pie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have been struggling for a couple of days to get the correct > incantations to get a build of v8 working on windows 10 with visual studio > 2015. > > In short the steps that i've been attempting are as follows > > - set DEPOT_TOOLS_WIN_TOOLCHAIN=0 > - set GYP_MSVS_VERSION=2015 > - set GYP_GENERATORS=msvs-ninja,ninja > - Get depot tools from: wget > https://storage.googleapis.com/chrome-infra/depot_tools.zip -OutFile > depot_tools.zip > - Expand Archive: Expand-Archive .\depot_tools.zip -dest depot_tools > - Set the path for depot tools > - Checkout the v8 source code by running: fetch v8 > - Change directory to /v8 and checkout 5.2: git checkout > branch-heads/5.2 > - Run sync so that all the dependencies are up to date with the > branch: gclient sync > - To generate the project files run: third_party/python_26/python.exe > build\gyp_v8 -Dtarget_arch=x64 > - To build: : "c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio > 14.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.com" /build Release gypfiles\All.sln > > I am running into all kinds of issues related with the build and after > running the last command it ends with > > The first occurrence of the error is > > 1> ninja -t msvc -e environment.x64 -- "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft > Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin\amd64\cl.exe" /nologo /showIncludes /FC @obj\ > third_party\icu\source\i18n\icui18n.collationkeys.obj.rsp /c..\..\ > third_party\icu\source\i18n\collationkeys.cpp /Foobj\third_party\icu\ > source\i18n\icui18n.collationkeys.obj /Fdobj\third_party\icu\icui18n.cc. > pdb > 1>C:\source\v8build\v8\third_party\icu\source\i18n\collationkeys.cpp : fatal > error C1083: Cannot open compiler generated file: > 'C:\source\v8build\v8\out\Release_x64\obj\third_party\icu\source\i18n\icui18n.collationkeys.obj' > : Permission denied > > I am not sure why i'm getting a permission denied. > > the build then ends with > > 40> ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed. > 40>ninja : warning : premature end of file; recovering > 40>C:\source\v8build\v8\test\fuzzer\wasm_fuzzer.vcxproj(334,5): error > MSB3073: The command "call ninja.exe -C ..\..\out\Release_x64\ > wasm_fuzzer" exited with code 1. > > ..\..\out\Release_x64\ wasm_fuzzer" exited with code 1. > ========== Build: 20 succeeded, 21 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped > ========== > > > Any help would be much appreciated > > -- > -- > v8-users mailing list > v8-users@googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "v8-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to v8-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- v8-users mailing list v8-users@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "v8-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to v8-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.