Passing mochitest-1, as it contains a snapshot of WebGL 1.0.1 tests, is a
fairly good test.

Benoit

2013/2/27 Alex Keybl <ake...@mozilla.com>

> Can we programmatically verify that we're unaffected? Does this just
> require a local Win7 build, or do we need to loop RelEng in?
>
> -Alex
>
> On Feb 27, 2013, at 7:10 AM, Benoit Jacob <jacob.benoi...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 2013/2/27 Gian-Carlo Pascutto <gpascu...@mozilla.com>
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> just a heads up: the Windows 7 platform update that's being shipped
> >> today has the following KB article:
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2670838?wa=wsignin1.0
> >>
> >> Interesting part:
> >> "If you are a Windows 7 DirectX developer who uses the June 2010 DirectX
> >> Software Development Kit (SDK), you will have to update your development
> >> environments after you install this platform update."
> >>
> >> As far as I know, we use this for Windows/ANGLE builds. So it's possible
> >> these may now be broken?
> >>
> >
> > Fortunately, the next sentence reads:
> >
> > The following development .dll files that are associated with the DirectX
> > SDK <http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=6812> are
> > incompatible with this platform update:
> >
> >   - D3D10SDKLayers.dll
> >   - D3D11SDKLayers.dll
> >   - D3D10ref.dll
> >   - D2D1debug.dll
> >
> >
> > The only DirectX SDK DLL that we are still using is D3DCompiler.dll. As
> it
> > isn't listed above, it sounds like we're safe.
> >
> > That said, it is generally a good idea to upgrade DirectX SDKs when a
> newer
> > one comes out: we do run into D3DCompiler.dll bugs, and there is hope
> that
> > they would be fixed in newer versions.
> >
> > Benoit
> >
> >
> >>
> >> The recommended solution seems to be to use the Win8 SDK, but I
> >> understood we need specific flags to compile with that.
> >>
> >> Can someone who's most familiar with the Windows compiles clear this
> >> out, and perhaps update the wiki if needed?
> >>
> >> --
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