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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2023-08-08 20:43:14 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2023-08-10 13:59:25 (GMT)
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VS: Select latest Windows SDK even when targeting Windows 8.1 and below
The policy added by commit f90c8ab54e (VS: Select latest available Windows SDK version by default, 2023-04-03, v3.27.0-rc1~206^2~1) applied only when targeting Windows 10+. Apply it to older versions too. Fixes: #25170 Issue: #16202
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@@ -275,6 +275,11 @@ Changes made since CMake 3.27.0 include the following.
3.27.2
------
+* :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` for VS 14 (2015) and above now prefer to
+ select the latest Windows SDK, as documented by policy :policy:`CMP0149`,
+ when targeting any version of Windows. In CMake 3.27.[0-1] the
+ preference was limited to targeting Windows 10 and above.
+
* :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` for VS 14 (2015) and above now support
using ``version=8.1`` in the :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM` variable
to select the Windows 8.1 SDK. In CMake 3.27.[0-1] the ``version=`` field