vs_BuildTools 2019

[aminya]

Closes #194

[aminya]

Where can I find the installation log for vs2019?
@jacobq

[jacobq]

Where can I find the installation log for vs2019?
@jacobq

Sorry for not responding sooner! This got buried in my list of notifications and forgotten long ago. Unfortunately, I actually do not know where the VS installer produces log files (apart from the usual suspects of stdout and stderr). Taking a quick peek at Use command-line parameters to install Visual Studio, Install Build Tools into a container, and Visual Studio Build Tools component directory may help you get some clues though. e.g. the first of those mentions:

Each operation generates several log files in the %TEMP% directory that indicate the progress of the installation. Sort the folder by date and look for files that begin with dd_bootstrapper, dd_client, and dd_setup for the bootstrapper, the installer app, and the setup engine, respectively.

Not sure why, but it looks like we have a log file option when installing VS2015 but not when installing VS2017. Looks like that gets used here:

windows-build-tools/src/utils/get-build-tools-installer-path.ts

Line 19 in 0ef1744

logPath: BUILD_TOOLS.logName ? path.join(directory, BUILD_TOOLS.logName) : null,