winbuild/README: consolidate command prompt section - #15313
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I'm addressing the proselint craziness here: #15314 |
- Remove reference to 'Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio' shortcut since it opens in x86 mode. That prompt may confuse users since it is not easily switched to x64. Our instruction says vcvarsall can be used to change the platform but it is not in the path in any version that I checked (VS 2010, 2013, 2022) and if it is invoked manually it appends to the path. Instead users will now only see the remaining instruction to use a platform specific command prompt to build curl, like "x64 Native Tools". There's several links as well to Microsoft documentation for users that have more complicated requirements, such as using vcvarsall. Closes #xxxx
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- Remove reference to 'Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio' shortcut since it opens in x86 mode. That prompt may confuse users since it is not easily switched to x64. Our instruction says vcvarsall can be used to change the platform but it is not in the path in any version that I checked (VS 2010, 2013, 2022). Instead users will now only see the remaining instruction to use a platform specific command prompt to build curl, like "x64 Native Tools". There's several links as well to Microsoft documentation for users that have more complicated requirements, such as using vcvarsall. Closes curl#15313
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That prompt may confuse users since it is not easily switched to x64. Our instruction says vcvarsall can be used to change the platform but it is not in the path in any version that I checked (VS 2010, 2013, 2022) and if it is invoked manually it appends to the path.
Instead users will now only see the remaining instruction to use a platform specific command prompt to build curl, like "x64 Native Tools".
There's several links as well to Microsoft documentation for users that have more complicated requirements, such as using vcvarsall.
Closes #xxxx
/cc @kdekker