[MESOS-6720] Check that `PreferredToolArchitecture` is set to `x64` on Windows before building

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.3.0
• Component/s: cmake
• Labels: cmake microsoft
• Epic Link: cmake
• Sprint: Mesosphere Sprint 52
• Story Points: 2
• Assignee: Alex Clemmer
• Reporter: Alex Clemmer
• Shepherd: Joseph Wu
• Created: 05/Dec/16 17:26
• Updated: 29/Apr/19 09:28
• Resolved: 23/Feb/17 22:30

Description

If this variable is not set before we build, it will cause the linker to occasionally hang forever, due to a MSVC toolchain bug in the linker.

We should make this easy on developers and check for them. If the variable is not set, we should display an error message explaining.

Issue Links

• is related to: MESOS-7498 Remove need to set environment variable `PreferredToolArchitecture`