vs-shell: pass -products * to vswhere so Build Tools installs are found - #39397
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vswhere skips Build Tools products by default, so on a machine whose newest toolset is a Build Tools install the script silently picks an older IDE install (here: 2022 Community 17.7, whose STL predates __std_minmax_8i -> JavaScriptCore.lib link failure) or falls through to the hardcoded 2022 paths.
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Pull request overview
This PR updates Bun’s Windows Visual Studio environment bootstrap (scripts/vs-shell.ps1) to ensure vswhere can select Build Tools installations (not just IDE installs), preventing the script from silently choosing an older VS instance and potentially breaking builds due to older MSVC/STL toolchains.
Changes:
- Add
-products *to thevswhereinvocation so Build Tools installs are eligible for selection. - Add an inline comment explaining why
-products *is necessary (vswhere excludes Build Tools by default).
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The script now considers Build Tools installations, but its fallback can still choose the first installation with a compiler directory without confirming that the required compiler, headers, libraries, and architecture are usable. On machines with multiple installations, this can select an incompatible toolchain and cause builds to fail, so the fallback should be validated and version-ordered before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4✅ Passed checks (4 passed)
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In `@scripts/vs-shell.ps1`:
- Around line 18-21: Update the vswhere invocation that assigns $vsDir to filter
installations by the target C++ tool component: use
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.ARM64 for ARM64 builds and
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Review follow-up: -products * alone could select an install without
the C++ tools; -requires VC.Tools.{x86.x64,ARM64} guards that.
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In `@scripts/vs-shell.ps1`:
- Line 23: The Visual Studio fallback must not select a hardcoded directory
without verifying the required C++ toolset. Update the fallback associated with
$vsDir to validate each candidate against $vcTools and select only a matching
installation; if none match, fail clearly instead of returning an unvalidated
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Review follow-up: the fallback took the first 2022 subdirectory unvalidated; it now only accepts one shipping VC\Tools\MSVC and still throws clearly when none match.
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In `@scripts/vs-shell.ps1`:
- Around line 32-36: Update the fallback Visual Studio discovery around $vsDir
to collect candidates and validate each one has a versioned VC toolset, the
target-architecture cl.exe, and the INCLUDE and LIB environment required by
scripts/build.ts. Select the valid installation using explicit version ordering
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What does this PR do?
scripts/vs-shell.ps1callsvswhere -prerelease -latestwithout-products *, and vswhere skips Build Tools products by default. On a machine whose newest MSVC ships with a Build Tools install, the script silently selects an older IDE install (or falls through to the hardcoded 2022 paths). Adds-products *so the newest toolset wins regardless of product type.Hit in practice while building current
mainfor #39383: the machine has VS 2022 Community 17.7 and Build Tools 18.4; the script picked 17.7, whose STL predates__std_minmax_8i/__std_find_first_of_trivial_pos_1, so linking against the prebuilt JavaScriptCore/ICU failed at the finalbun-debug.exelink.How did you verify your code works?
A/B on the selection line (Windows 11, both installs present):
Full script run after the change loads "Visual Studio 2026 Developer PowerShell v18.0" (
VSINSTALLDIR= Build Tools 18,cl= MSVC 14.50.35717) — the environment that successfully linkedbun-debug.exefor #39383.