dmd 2.065 beta 2

[Brad Anderson]

On Friday, 31 January 2014 at 06:15:14 UTC, Manu wrote:
> On 29 January 2014 14:33, Brad Anderson <eco at gnuk.net> wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday, 29 January 2014 at 00:41:46 UTC, Manu wrote:
>>
>>> I had an issue with the windows installer.
>>> It didn't remember where my existing D installation was, and 
>>> tried to
>>> installer it somewhere else by default.
>>> It should remember where I installed it last time and upgrade 
>>> the existing
>>> installation.
>>>
>>
>> The Window installer here doesn't actually work because the URL
>> is wrong. You're just using your previous installation.
>>
>
> I'm having another trouble with the installer on Win8.1 + VS2013
>
> The installer produces lines in sc.ini:
>   WindowsSdkDir=C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\
>
> and lower:
>   ; Platform libraries (Windows SDK 8)
>   LIB=%LIB%;"%WindowsSdkDir%\Lib\win8\um\x64"
>
> WindowsSdkDir is correct, it seems to have found the proper 
> folder for
> Win8.1, but the LIB path is wrong. That path is correct for 
> "Windows
> Kits\8.0", but it's been moved under 8.1, the proper path for 
> the 8.1 libs
> is: "Windows Kits\8.1\Lib\winv6.3\um\x64"
>
> Seems 'win8' becomes 'winv6.3' under 8.1 for some reason...

Looks like Rainer already took care of this on master:

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/commit/ba2dd160db17436041a276b0b5ac5d46c0f12f3f

I'll get Andrew to merge it into 2.065.