Get the location of msbuild.exe
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Description
Hi!
Just a quick question, but node-gyp is really good at finding the right location of the msbuild.exe to use when compiling. For some very specific compilation stuff we do with libsodium we also need to find it, and have so far been duplication the logic in sodium-native for that.
This made me wonder, is there a CLI command or something equivalent to print the location of msbuild.exe so we can just re-use the great logic already in this tool?
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the existing msbuild.exe discovery logic in node-gyp and the CLI entry points in gyp-next. Determine whether that logic can be exposed as a command that prints the selected path; done means the command reliably reports the location for the relevant Windows build setup.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- node.js, python
- Domain
- build-system, cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100