[CMake] Visual Studio 2017 could not be found if installed in non-default location

[Nils Gladitz]

On 03/28/2017 03:57 PM, HarpyWar wrote:

> "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows81SDK" could not not be found 
> anywhere.
>
> A component "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.14393" 
> exists on Windows 10 x64 (just found about it here 
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/workload-component-id-vs-community 
> <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/workload-component-id-vs-community>)
>
> This component also exists on a virtual machine with Windows 8.1 x86 
> where cmake can not find the compiler.
>
> vswhere -requires Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 
> -requires Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.14393
> Visual Studio Locator, version 1.0.58
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/blob/master/Source/cmVSSetupHelper.cxx#L115 
also seems to expect / accept those version suffixes.

Beyond that I can't think of anything other than debugging into 
cmVSSetupHelper.cxx.

Nils
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