Building protobuf 3.9.4 on windows with cmake - visual-studio

Question

I'm trying to build protobuf 3.9.4 on windows with cmake, but when i click 'configure', I get a message saying 'LINK : fatal error LNK1101: incorrect MSPDB140.DLL version; recheck installation of this product'.
Does anybody have any clue what's going on here?
Something's wrong with Visual Studio, most likely, but I'm not sure what.
I tried googling for solutions, but none of them relate to my problem.
P.S.
I'm using the gui version of cmake.

Answer 1

There is an useful example of CMake scripts patching needed to build protobuf 3.4.1 with Visual Studio 2017 using vcpkg.
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//
// Authors:
// Stefan Lange
diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 7618ba2..d282a60 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
## -165,8 +165,10 ## endif (protobuf_UNICODE)
include(libprotobuf-lite.cmake)
include(libprotobuf.cmake)
-include(libprotoc.cmake)
-include(protoc.cmake)
+if(protobuf_BUILD_COMPILER)
+ include(libprotoc.cmake)
+ include(protoc.cmake)
+endif()
if (protobuf_BUILD_TESTS)
include(tests.cmake)
diff --git a/cmake/install.cmake b/cmake/install.cmake
index 441bf55..20b3aa0 100644
--- a/cmake/install.cmake
+++ b/cmake/install.cmake
## -1,14 +1,17 ##
include(GNUInstallDirs)
+set(LIBRARIES_TO_SET_DEST libprotobuf-lite libprotobuf)
+if(protobuf_BUILD_COMPILER)
+ list(APPEND LIBRARIES_TO_SET_DEST libprotoc)
+endif()
+
configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/protobuf.pc.cmake
${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf.pc #ONLY)
configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/protobuf-lite.pc.cmake
${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf-lite.pc #ONLY)
foreach(_library
- libprotobuf-lite
- libprotobuf
- libprotoc)
+ ${LIBRARIES_TO_SET_DEST})
set_property(TARGET ${_library}
PROPERTY INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${protobuf_source_dir}/src>
## -19,8 +22,10 ## foreach(_library
ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT ${_library})
endforeach()
-install(TARGETS protoc EXPORT protobuf-targets
- RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT protoc)
+if(protobuf_BUILD_COMPILER)
+ install(TARGETS protoc EXPORT protobuf-targets
+ RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT protoc)
+endif()
install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf.pc ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf-lite.pc DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig")
## -101,7 +106,12 ## configure_file(protobuf-options.cmake
${CMAKE_INSTALL_CMAKEDIR}/protobuf-options.cmake #ONLY)
# Allows the build directory to be used as a find directory.
-export(TARGETS libprotobuf-lite libprotobuf libprotoc protoc
+set(FIND_DIRS libprotobuf-lite libprotobuf)
+if(protobuf_BUILD_COMPILER)
+ list(APPEND FIND_DIRS libprotoc protoc)
+endif()
+
+export(TARGETS ${FIND_DIRS}
NAMESPACE protobuf::
FILE ${CMAKE_INSTALL_CMAKEDIR}/protobuf-targets.cmake
)
Most probably easiest way to get 3.9.4 building is to upgrade original protobuf 3.4.1 vcpkg port. My experience with building C/C++ ports using vcpkg is a positive one so far.