build: build a x64 build by default on Windows #11537
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| @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if /i "%1"=="/?" goto help | |||
| @rem Process arguments. | |||
| set config=Release | |||
| set target=Build | |||
| set target_arch=x86 | |||
| set target_arch=x64 | |||
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Would this be a semver-major change? I'm not really sure how we treat breaking tooling changes.
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#10156 was semver-major, so I guess this one is too. I'd be fine with that though since vcbuild is mostly used to build master anyway.
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Is it possible to detect if the OS is 64-bit like the Makefile does on the Unix platforms?
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The configure script checks some environment variables on Windows: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/configure#L735-L748
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I'm not sure it's necessary to detect whether the OS is 64-bit, defaulting to 64-bit seems reasonable and straightforward.
Detecting the ARCH from environment variables seems flaky, and what you really want is to be sure that you're going to get 64/32 bit reliably. I think anyone building 32-bit is probably aware that they'll have to set something.
cc/ @nodejs/platform-windows
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I agree, it's better to have the same behavior independent of the platform.
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Will it be obvious why the build fails if run on 32-bit Windows? ¯_(ツ)_/¯
In any case #11500 points out that specifying the architecture is currently undocumented regardless of whatever the default is.
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I'm quite sure most people are interested in x64 builds in 2017, and defaulting to x86 causes confusion, see for example #11500.