projects: remove support for MSVC before VC10 (Visual Studio 2010)

- Remove Visual Studio project files for VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8 and VC9.

Those versions are too old to be maintained any longer.

Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/8442

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 180 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 3e55230ee..3fe3daca6 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
 #                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
 #
-# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2021, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2022, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 #
 # This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
 # you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -49,41 +49,6 @@ CMAKE_DIST =                                    \
  CMake/Utilities.cmake                          \
  CMakeLists.txt
 
-VC6_LIBTMPL = projects/Windows/VC6/lib/libcurl.tmpl
-VC6_LIBDSP = projects/Windows/VC6/lib/libcurl.dsp.dist
-VC6_LIBDSP_DEPS = $(VC6_LIBTMPL) Makefile.am lib/Makefile.inc
-VC6_SRCTMPL = projects/Windows/VC6/src/curl.tmpl
-VC6_SRCDSP = projects/Windows/VC6/src/curl.dsp.dist
-VC6_SRCDSP_DEPS = $(VC6_SRCTMPL) Makefile.am src/Makefile.inc
-
-VC7_LIBTMPL = projects/Windows/VC7/lib/libcurl.tmpl
-VC7_LIBVCPROJ = projects/Windows/VC7/lib/libcurl.vcproj.dist
-VC7_LIBVCPROJ_DEPS = $(VC7_LIBTMPL) Makefile.am lib/Makefile.inc
-VC7_SRCTMPL = projects/Windows/VC7/src/curl.tmpl
-VC7_SRCVCPROJ = projects/Windows/VC7/src/curl.vcproj.dist
-VC7_SRCVCPROJ_DEPS = $(VC7_SRCTMPL) Makefile.am src/Makefile.inc
-
-VC71_LIBTMPL = projects/Windows/VC7.1/lib/libcurl.tmpl
-VC71_LIBVCPROJ = projects/Windows/VC7.1/lib/libcurl.vcproj.dist
-VC71_LIBVCPROJ_DEPS = $(VC71_LIBTMPL) Makefile.am lib/Makefile.inc
-VC71_SRCTMPL = projects/Windows/VC7.1/src/curl.tmpl
-VC71_SRCVCPROJ = projects/Windows/VC7.1/src/curl.vcproj.dist
-VC71_SRCVCPROJ_DEPS = $(VC71_SRCTMPL) Makefile.am src/Makefile.inc
-
-VC8_LIBTMPL = projects/Windows/VC8/lib/libcurl.tmpl
-VC8_LIBVCPROJ = projects/Windows/VC8/lib/libcurl.vcproj.dist
-VC8_LIBVCPROJ_DEPS = $(VC8_LIBTMPL) Makefile.am lib/Makefile.inc
-VC8_SRCTMPL = projects/Windows/VC8/src/curl.tmpl
-VC8_SRCVCPROJ = projects/Windows/VC8/src/curl.vcproj.dist
-VC8_SRCVCPROJ_DEPS = $(VC8_SRCTMPL) Makefile.am src/Makefile.inc
-
-VC9_LIBTMPL = projects/Windows/VC9/lib/libcurl.tmpl
-VC9_LIBVCPROJ = projects/Windows/VC9/lib/libcurl.vcproj.dist
-VC9_LIBVCPROJ_DEPS = $(VC9_LIBTMPL) Makefile.am lib/Makefile.inc
-VC9_SRCTMPL = projects/Windows/VC9/src/curl.tmpl
-VC9_SRCVCPROJ = projects/Windows/VC9/src/curl.vcproj.dist
-VC9_SRCVCPROJ_DEPS = $(VC9_SRCTMPL) Makefile.am src/Makefile.inc
-
 VC10_LIBTMPL = projects/Windows/VC10/lib/libcurl.tmpl
 VC10_LIBVCXPROJ = projects/Windows/VC10/lib/libcurl.vcxproj.dist
 VC10_LIBVCXPROJ_DEPS = $(VC10_LIBTMPL) Makefile.am lib/Makefile.inc
@@ -123,21 +88,6 @@ VC_DIST = projects/README                           \
  projects/build-openssl.bat                         \
  projects/build-wolfssl.bat                         \
  projects/checksrc.bat                              \
- projects/Windows/VC6/curl-all.dsw                  \
- projects/Windows/VC6/lib/libcurl.dsw               \
- projects/Windows/VC6/src/curl.dsw                  \
- projects/Windows/VC7/curl-all.sln                  \
- projects/Windows/VC7/lib/libcurl.sln               \
- projects/Windows/VC7/src/curl.sln                  \
- projects/Windows/VC7.1/curl-all.sln                \
- projects/Windows/VC7.1/lib/libcurl.sln             \
- projects/Windows/VC7.1/src/curl.sln                \
- projects/Windows/VC8/curl-all.sln                  \
- projects/Windows/VC8/lib/libcurl.sln               \
- projects/Windows/VC8/src/curl.sln                  \
- projects/Windows/VC9/curl-all.sln                  \
- projects/Windows/VC9/lib/libcurl.sln               \
- projects/Windows/VC9/src/curl.sln                  \
  projects/Windows/VC10/curl-all.sln                 \
  projects/Windows/VC10/lib/libcurl.sln              \
  projects/Windows/VC10/lib/libcurl.vcxproj.filters  \
@@ -186,11 +136,9 @@ EXTRA_DIST = CHANGES COPYING maketgz Makefile.dist curl-config.in \
  $(VC_DIST) $(WINBUILD_DIST) $(PLAN9_DIST) \
  lib/libcurl.vers.in buildconf.bat scripts/coverage.sh scripts/completion.pl
 
-CLEANFILES = $(VC6_LIBDSP) $(VC6_SRCDSP) $(VC7_LIBVCPROJ) $(VC7_SRCVCPROJ) \
- $(VC71_LIBVCPROJ) $(VC71_SRCVCPROJ) $(VC8_LIBVCPROJ) $(VC8_SRCVCPROJ) \
- $(VC9_LIBVCPROJ) $(VC9_SRCVCPROJ) $(VC10_LIBVCXPROJ) $(VC10_SRCVCXPROJ) \
- $(VC11_LIBVCXPROJ) $(VC11_SRCVCXPROJ) $(VC12_LIBVCXPROJ) $(VC12_SRCVCXPROJ) \
- $(VC14_LIBVCXPROJ) $(VC14_SRCVCXPROJ) $(VC15_LIBVCXPROJ) $(VC15_SRCVCXPROJ)
+CLEANFILES = $(VC10_LIBVCXPROJ) $(VC10_SRCVCXPROJ) $(VC11_LIBVCXPROJ)        \
+ $(VC11_SRCVCXPROJ) $(VC12_LIBVCXPROJ) $(VC12_SRCVCXPROJ) $(VC14_LIBVCXPROJ) \
+ $(VC14_SRCVCXPROJ) $(VC15_LIBVCXPROJ) $(VC15_SRCVCXPROJ)
 
 bin_SCRIPTS = curl-config
 
@@ -336,10 +284,7 @@ checksrc:
 
 .PHONY: vc-ide
 
-vc-ide: $(VC6_LIBDSP_DEPS) $(VC6_SRCDSP_DEPS) $(VC7_LIBVCPROJ_DEPS) \
- $(VC7_SRCVCPROJ_DEPS) $(VC71_LIBVCPROJ_DEPS) $(VC71_SRCVCPROJ_DEPS) \
- $(VC8_LIBVCPROJ_DEPS) $(VC8_SRCVCPROJ_DEPS) $(VC9_LIBVCPROJ_DEPS) \
- $(VC9_SRCVCPROJ_DEPS) $(VC10_LIBVCXPROJ_DEPS) $(VC10_SRCVCXPROJ_DEPS) \
+vc-ide: $(VC10_LIBVCXPROJ_DEPS) $(VC10_SRCVCXPROJ_DEPS)                  \
  $(VC11_LIBVCXPROJ_DEPS) $(VC11_SRCVCXPROJ_DEPS) $(VC12_LIBVCXPROJ_DEPS) \
  $(VC12_SRCVCXPROJ_DEPS) $(VC14_LIBVCXPROJ_DEPS) $(VC14_SRCVCXPROJ_DEPS) \
  $(VC15_LIBVCXPROJ_DEPS) $(VC15_SRCVCXPROJ_DEPS)
@@ -503,126 +448,6 @@ function gen_element(type, dir, file)\
     printf("%s\r\n", $$0);\
 }';\
 	\
-	echo "generating '$(VC6_LIBDSP)'"; \
-	awk -v proj_type=dsp \
-		-v lib_srcs="$$sorted_lib_srcs" \
-		-v lib_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_hdrs" \
-		-v lib_rc="$$win32_lib_rc" \
-		-v lib_vauth_srcs="$$sorted_lib_vauth_srcs" \
-		-v lib_vauth_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_vauth_hdrs" \
-		-v lib_vquic_srcs="$$sorted_lib_vquic_srcs" \
-		-v lib_vquic_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_vquic_hdrs" \
-		-v lib_vssh_srcs="$$sorted_lib_vssh_srcs" \
-		-v lib_vssh_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_vssh_hdrs" \
-		-v lib_vtls_srcs="$$sorted_lib_vtls_srcs" \
-		-v lib_vtls_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_vtls_hdrs" \
-		"$$awk_code" $(srcdir)/$(VC6_LIBTMPL) > $(VC6_LIBDSP) || { exit 1; }; \
-	\
-	echo "generating '$(VC6_SRCDSP)'"; \
-	awk -v proj_type=dsp \
-		-v src_srcs="$$sorted_src_srcs" \
-		-v src_hdrs="$$sorted_src_hdrs" \
-		-v src_rc="$$win32_src_rc" \
-		-v src_x_srcs="$$sorted_src_x_srcs" \
-		-v src_x_hdrs="$$sorted_src_x_hdrs" \
-		"$$awk_code" $(srcdir)/$(VC6_SRCTMPL) > $(VC6_SRCDSP) || { exit 1; }; \
-	\
-	echo "generating '$(VC7_LIBVCPROJ)'"; \
-	awk -v proj_type=vcproj1 \
-		-v lib_srcs="$$sorted_lib_srcs" \
-		-v lib_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_hdrs" \
-		-v lib_rc="$$win32_lib_rc" \
-		-v lib_vauth_srcs="$$sorted_lib_vauth_srcs" \
-		-v lib_vauth_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_vauth_hdrs" \
-		-v lib_vquic_srcs="$$sorted_lib_vquic_srcs" \
-		-v lib_vquic_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_vquic_hdrs" \
-		-v lib_vssh_srcs="$$sorted_lib_vssh_srcs" \
-		-v lib_vssh_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_vssh_hdrs" \
-		-v lib_vtls_srcs="$$sorted_lib_vtls_srcs" \
-		-v lib_vtls_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_vtls_hdrs" \
-		"$$awk_code" $(srcdir)/$(VC7_LIBTMPL) > $(VC7_LIBVCPROJ) || { exit 1; }; \
-	\
-	echo "generating '$(VC7_SRCVCPROJ)'"; \
-	awk -v proj_type=vcproj1 \
-		-v src_srcs="$$sorted_src_srcs" \
-		-v src_hdrs="$$sorted_src_hdrs" \
-		-v src_rc="$$win32_src_rc" \
-		-v src_x_srcs="$$sorted_src_x_srcs" \
-		-v src_x_hdrs="$$sorted_src_x_hdrs" \
-		"$$awk_code" $(srcdir)/$(VC7_SRCTMPL) > $(VC7_SRCVCPROJ) || { exit 1; }; \
-	\
-	echo "generating '$(VC71_LIBVCPROJ)'"; \
-	awk -v proj_type=vcproj1 \
-		-v lib_srcs="$$sorted_lib_srcs" \
-		-v lib_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_hdrs" \
-		-v lib_rc="$$win32_lib_rc" \
-		-v lib_vauth_srcs="$$sorted_lib_vauth_srcs" \
-		-v lib_vauth_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_vauth_hdrs" \
-		-v lib_vquic_srcs="$$sorted_lib_vquic_srcs" \
-		-v lib_vquic_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_vquic_hdrs" \
-		-v lib_vssh_srcs="$$sorted_lib_vssh_srcs" \
-		-v lib_vssh_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_vssh_hdrs" \
-		-v lib_vtls_srcs="$$sorted_lib_vtls_srcs" \
-		-v lib_vtls_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_vtls_hdrs" \
-		"$$awk_code" $(srcdir)/$(VC71_LIBTMPL) > $(VC71_LIBVCPROJ) || { exit 1; }; \
-	\
-	echo "generating '$(VC71_SRCVCPROJ)'"; \
-	awk -v proj_type=vcproj1 \
-		-v src_srcs="$$sorted_src_srcs" \
-		-v src_hdrs="$$sorted_src_hdrs" \
-		-v src_rc="$$win32_src_rc" \
-		-v src_x_srcs="$$sorted_src_x_srcs" \
-		-v src_x_hdrs="$$sorted_src_x_hdrs" \
-		"$$awk_code" $(srcdir)/$(VC71_SRCTMPL) > $(VC71_SRCVCPROJ) || { exit 1; }; \
-	\
-	echo "generating '$(VC8_LIBVCPROJ)'"; \
-	awk -v proj_type=vcproj2 \
-		-v lib_srcs="$$sorted_lib_srcs" \
-		-v lib_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_hdrs" \
-		-v lib_rc="$$win32_lib_rc" \
-		-v lib_vauth_srcs="$$sorted_lib_vauth_srcs" \
-		-v lib_vauth_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_vauth_hdrs" \
-		-v lib_vquic_srcs="$$sorted_lib_vquic_srcs" \
-		-v lib_vquic_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_vquic_hdrs" \
-		-v lib_vssh_srcs="$$sorted_lib_vssh_srcs" \
-		-v lib_vssh_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_vssh_hdrs" \
-		-v lib_vtls_srcs="$$sorted_lib_vtls_srcs" \
-		-v lib_vtls_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_vtls_hdrs" \
-		"$$awk_code" $(srcdir)/$(VC8_LIBTMPL) > $(VC8_LIBVCPROJ) || { exit 1; }; \
-	\
-	echo "generating '$(VC8_SRCVCPROJ)'"; \
-	awk -v proj_type=vcproj2 \
-		-v src_srcs="$$sorted_src_srcs" \
-		-v src_hdrs="$$sorted_src_hdrs" \
-		-v src_rc="$$win32_src_rc" \
-		-v src_x_srcs="$$sorted_src_x_srcs" \
-		-v src_x_hdrs="$$sorted_src_x_hdrs" \
-		"$$awk_code" $(srcdir)/$(VC8_SRCTMPL) > $(VC8_SRCVCPROJ) || { exit 1; }; \
-	\
-	echo "generating '$(VC9_LIBVCPROJ)'"; \
-	awk -v proj_type=vcproj2 \
-		-v lib_srcs="$$sorted_lib_srcs" \
-		-v lib_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_hdrs" \
-		-v lib_rc="$$win32_lib_rc" \
-		-v lib_vauth_srcs="$$sorted_lib_vauth_srcs" \
-		-v lib_vauth_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_vauth_hdrs" \
-		-v lib_vquic_srcs="$$sorted_lib_vquic_srcs" \
-		-v lib_vquic_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_vquic_hdrs" \
-		-v lib_vssh_srcs="$$sorted_lib_vssh_srcs" \
-		-v lib_vssh_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_vssh_hdrs" \
-		-v lib_vtls_srcs="$$sorted_lib_vtls_srcs" \
-		-v lib_vtls_hdrs="$$sorted_lib_vtls_hdrs" \
-		"$$awk_code" $(srcdir)/$(VC9_LIBTMPL) > $(VC9_LIBVCPROJ) || { exit 1; }; \
-	\
-	echo "generating '$(VC9_SRCVCPROJ)'"; \
-	awk -v proj_type=vcproj2 \
-		-v src_srcs="$$sorted_src_srcs" \
-		-v src_hdrs="$$sorted_src_hdrs" \
-		-v src_rc="$$win32_src_rc" \
-		-v src_x_srcs="$$sorted_src_x_srcs" \
-		-v src_x_hdrs="$$sorted_src_x_hdrs" \
-		"$$awk_code" $(srcdir)/$(VC9_SRCTMPL) > $(VC9_SRCVCPROJ) || { exit 1; }; \
-	\
 	echo "generating '$(VC10_LIBVCXPROJ)'"; \
 	awk -v proj_type=vcxproj \
 		-v lib_srcs="$$sorted_lib_srcs" \