diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml
index 22a2ffd55ee..0bbb314c3b1 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
There are several different ways of building PostgreSQL on
Windows. The simplest way to build with
- Microsoft tools is to install Visual Studio Express 2017
+ Microsoft tools is to install Visual Studio Express 2019
for Windows Desktop and use the included
compiler. It is also possible to build with the full
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 to 2017.
+ Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 to 2019.
In some cases that requires the installation of the
Windows SDK in addition to the compiler.
@@ -69,24 +69,24 @@
Visual Studio Express or some versions of the
Microsoft Windows SDK. If you do not already have a
Visual Studio environment set up, the easiest
- ways are to use the compilers from Visual Studio Express 2017
+ ways are to use the compilers from Visual Studio Express 2019
for Windows Desktop or those in the Windows SDK
- 8.1, which are both free downloads from Microsoft.
+ 10, which are both free downloads from Microsoft.
Both 32-bit and 64-bit builds are possible with the Microsoft Compiler suite.
32-bit PostgreSQL builds are possible with
Visual Studio 2013 to
- Visual Studio 2017 (including Express editions),
- as well as standalone Windows SDK releases 6.0 to 8.1.
+ Visual Studio 2019 (including Express editions),
+ as well as standalone Windows SDK releases 8.1a to 10.
64-bit PostgreSQL builds are supported with
- Microsoft Windows SDK version 6.0a to 8.1 or
+ Microsoft Windows SDK version 8.1a to 10 or
Visual Studio 2013 and above. Compilation
is supported down to Windows 7 and
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 when building with
Visual Studio 2013 to
- Visual Studio 2017.
+ Visual Studio 2019.
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@ $ENV{MSBFLAGS}="/m";
If your build environment doesn't ship with a supported version of the
Microsoft Windows SDK it
is recommended that you upgrade to the latest version (currently
- version 7.1), available for download from
+ version 10), available for download from
.
diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/MSBuildProject.pm b/src/tools/msvc/MSBuildProject.pm
index 149213378cf..ca965bdf1aa 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/MSBuildProject.pm
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/MSBuildProject.pm
@@ -467,4 +467,29 @@ sub new
return $self;
}
+package VC2019Project;
+
+#
+# Package that encapsulates a Visual C++ 2019 project file
+#
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use base qw(MSBuildProject);
+
+no warnings qw(redefine); ## no critic
+
+sub new
+{
+ my $classname = shift;
+ my $self = $classname->SUPER::_new(@_);
+ bless($self, $classname);
+
+ $self->{vcver} = '16.00';
+ $self->{PlatformToolset} = 'v142';
+ $self->{ToolsVersion} = '16.0';
+
+ return $self;
+}
+
1;
diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/README b/src/tools/msvc/README
index 4ab81d3402f..d22fff331d6 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/README
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/README
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ MSVC build
==========
This directory contains the tools required to build PostgreSQL using
-Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 - 2017. This builds the whole backend, not just
+Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 - 2019. This builds the whole backend, not just
the libpq frontend library. For more information, see the documentation
chapter "Installation on Windows" and the description below.
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ has to be installed. Since this is not included in the product
originally, extra steps are needed to make it work.
First, download and install a supported version of the Microsoft Windows SDK
-from www.microsoft.com (v6.0 or greater).
+from www.microsoft.com (v8.1a or greater).
Locate the files vcprojectengine.dll.express.config and
vcprojectengine.dll.config in the vc\vcpackages directory of
@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ config_default.pl to create the configuration arguments.
These configuration arguments are passed over to Mkvcbuild::mkvcbuild
(Mkvcbuild.pm) which creates the Visual Studio project and solution files.
It does this by using VSObjectFactory::CreateSolution to create an object
-implementing the Solution interface (this could be either a VS2013Solution,
-or a VS2015Solution or a VS2017Solution, all in Solution.pm, depending on
-the user's build environment) and adding objects implementing the corresponding
-Project interface (VC2013Project or VC2015Project or VC2017Project from
-MSBuildProject.pm) to it.
+implementing the Solution interface (this could be either VS2013Solution,
+VS2015Solution, VS2017Solution or VS2019Solution, all in Solution.pm,
+depending on the user's build environment) and adding objects implementing
+the corresponding Project interface (VC2013Project, VC2015Project,
+VC2017Project or VC2019Project from MSBuildProject.pm) to it.
When Solution::Save is called, the implementations of Solution and Project
save their content in the appropriate format.
The final step of starting the appropriate build program (msbuild) is
diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm b/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
index fc270cfe1c2..51711c2bff9 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
@@ -969,6 +969,34 @@ sub new
return $self;
}
+package VS2019Solution;
+
+#
+# Package that encapsulates a Visual Studio 2019 solution file
+#
+
+use Carp;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use base qw(Solution);
+
+no warnings qw(redefine); ## no critic
+
+sub new
+{
+ my $classname = shift;
+ my $self = $classname->SUPER::_new(@_);
+ bless($self, $classname);
+
+ $self->{solutionFileVersion} = '12.00';
+ $self->{vcver} = '16.00';
+ $self->{visualStudioName} = 'Visual Studio 2019';
+ $self->{VisualStudioVersion} = '16.0.28729.10';
+ $self->{MinimumVisualStudioVersion} = '10.0.40219.1';
+
+ return $self;
+}
+
sub GetAdditionalHeaders
{
my ($self, $f) = @_;
diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/VSObjectFactory.pm b/src/tools/msvc/VSObjectFactory.pm
index 1a94cd866ee..610dc612866 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/VSObjectFactory.pm
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/VSObjectFactory.pm
@@ -39,16 +39,29 @@ sub CreateSolution
return new VS2015Solution(@_);
}
- # visual 2017 hasn't changed the nmake version to 15, so adjust the check to support it.
- elsif (($visualStudioVersion ge '14.10')
- or ($visualStudioVersion eq '15.00'))
+ # The version of nmake bundled in Visual Studio 2017 is greater
+ # than 14.10 and less than 14.20. And the version number is
+ # actually 15.00.
+ elsif (
+ ($visualStudioVersion ge '14.10' && $visualStudioVersion lt '14.20')
+ || $visualStudioVersion eq '15.00')
{
return new VS2017Solution(@_);
}
+
+ # The version of nmake bundled in Visual Studio 2019 is greater
+ # than 14.20 and less than 14.30. And the version number is
+ # actually 16.00.
+ elsif (
+ ($visualStudioVersion ge '14.20' && $visualStudioVersion lt '14.30')
+ || $visualStudioVersion eq '16.00')
+ {
+ return new VS2019Solution(@_);
+ }
else
{
- croak $visualStudioVersion;
- croak "The requested Visual Studio version is not supported.";
+ croak
+ "The requested Visual Studio version $visualStudioVersion is not supported.";
}
}
@@ -70,16 +83,29 @@ sub CreateProject
return new VC2015Project(@_);
}
- # visual 2017 hasn't changed the nmake version to 15, so adjust the check to support it.
- elsif (($visualStudioVersion ge '14.10')
- or ($visualStudioVersion eq '15.00'))
+ # The version of nmake bundled in Visual Studio 2017 is greater
+ # than 14.10 and less than 14.20. And the version number is
+ # actually 15.00.
+ elsif (
+ ($visualStudioVersion ge '14.10' && $visualStudioVersion lt '14.20')
+ || $visualStudioVersion eq '15.00')
{
return new VC2017Project(@_);
}
+
+ # The version of nmake bundled in Visual Studio 2019 is greater
+ # than 14.20 and less than 14.30. And the version number is
+ # actually 16.00.
+ elsif (
+ ($visualStudioVersion ge '14.20' && $visualStudioVersion lt '14.30')
+ || $visualStudioVersion eq '16.00')
+ {
+ return new VC2019Project(@_);
+ }
else
{
- croak $visualStudioVersion;
- croak "The requested Visual Studio version is not supported.";
+ croak
+ "The requested Visual Studio version $visualStudioVersion is not supported.";
}
}
@@ -106,17 +132,19 @@ sub _GetVisualStudioVersion
{
my ($major, $minor) = @_;
- # visual 2017 hasn't changed the nmake version to 15, so still using the older version for comparison.
- if ($major > 14)
+ # The major visual studio that is supported has nmake
+ # version <= 14.30, so stick with it as the latest version
+ # if bumping on something even newer.
+ if ($major >= 14 && $minor >= 30)
{
carp
"The determined version of Visual Studio is newer than the latest supported version. Returning the latest supported version instead.";
- return '14.00';
+ return '14.20';
}
- elsif ($major < 6)
+ elsif ($major < 12)
{
croak
- "Unable to determine Visual Studio version: Visual Studio versions before 6.0 aren't supported.";
+ "Unable to determine Visual Studio version: Visual Studio versions before 12.0 aren't supported.";
}
return "$major.$minor";
}