make protobuf building consistent

templates/vsprojects/protobuf.props.template

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>libprotobuf.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\protobuf\cmake\$(Configuration);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\protobuf\cmake\build\solution\$(Configuration);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup />

templates/vsprojects/protoc.props.template

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>libprotoc.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\protobuf\cmake\$(Configuration);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\protobuf\cmake\build\solution\$(Configuration);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup />

tools/run_tests/build_artifact_protoc.bat

@@ -30,15 +30,16 @@
 mkdir artifacts
 
 setlocal
-cd third_party/protobuf
+cd third_party/protobuf/cmake
 
-cd cmake
-cmake -G "%generator%" -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=OFF || goto :error
+mkdir build & cd build
+mkdir solution & cd solution
+cmake -G "%generator%" -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=OFF ../.. || goto :error
 endlocal
 
 call vsprojects/build_plugins.bat || goto :error
 
-xcopy /Y third_party\protobuf\cmake\Release\protoc.exe artifacts\ || goto :error
+xcopy /Y third_party\protobuf\cmake\build\solution\Release\protoc.exe artifacts\ || goto :error
 xcopy /Y vsprojects\Release\*_plugin.exe artifacts\ || xcopy /Y vsprojects\x64\Release\*_plugin.exe artifacts\ || goto :error
 
 goto :EOF

vsprojects/README.md

@@ -83,10 +83,12 @@ Windows .exe binaries of gRPC protoc plugins.
 1. Follow instructions in `third_party\protobuf\cmake\README.md` to create Visual Studio 2013 projects for protobuf.
 ```
 $ cd third_party/protobuf/cmake
-$ cmake -G "Visual Studio 12 2013"
+$ mkdir build & cd build
+$ mkdir solution & cd solution
+$ cmake -G "Visual Studio 12 2013" -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=OFF ../..
 ```
 
-2. Open solution `third_party\protobuf\cmake\protobuf.sln` and build it in Release mode. That will build libraries `libprotobuf.lib` and `libprotoc.lib` needed for the next step.
+2. Open solution `third_party\protobuf\cmake\build\solution\protobuf.sln` and build it in Release mode. That will build libraries `libprotobuf.lib` and `libprotoc.lib` needed for the next step.
 
 3. Open solution `vsprojects\grpc_protoc_plugins.sln` and build it in Release mode. As a result, you should obtain a set of gRPC protoc plugin binaries (`grpc_cpp_plugin.exe`, `grpc_csharp_plugin.exe`, ...)
 

vsprojects/build_plugins.bat

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ cd /d %~dp0
 @call "%VS120COMNTOOLS%\..\..\vc\vcvarsall.bat" x86
 
 @rem Build third_party/protobuf
-msbuild ..\third_party\protobuf\cmake\protobuf.sln /p:Configuration=Release || goto :error
+msbuild ..\third_party\protobuf\cmake\build\solution\protobuf.sln /p:Configuration=Release || goto :error
 
 @rem Build the C# protoc plugins
 msbuild grpc_protoc_plugins.sln /p:Configuration=Release || goto :error

vsprojects/protobuf.props

-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"> <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" /> <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" /> <PropertyGroup /> <ItemDefinitionGroup> <Link> <AdditionalDependencies>libprotobuf.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies> <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\protobuf\cmake\$(Configuration);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories> </Link> </ItemDefinitionGroup> <ItemGroup /> </Project>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"> <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" /> <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" /> <PropertyGroup /> <ItemDefinitionGroup> <Link> <AdditionalDependencies>libprotobuf.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies> <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\protobuf\cmake\build\solution\$(Configuration);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories> </Link> </ItemDefinitionGroup> <ItemGroup /> </Project>
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vsprojects/protoc.props

-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"> <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" /> <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" /> <PropertyGroup /> <ItemDefinitionGroup> <ClCompile> <DisableSpecificWarnings>4244;4267;%(DisableSpecificWarnings)</DisableSpecificWarnings> </ClCompile> <Link> <AdditionalDependencies>libprotoc.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies> <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\protobuf\cmake\$(Configuration);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories> </Link> </ItemDefinitionGroup> <ItemGroup /> </Project>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"> <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" /> <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" /> <PropertyGroup /> <ItemDefinitionGroup> <ClCompile> <DisableSpecificWarnings>4244;4267;%(DisableSpecificWarnings)</DisableSpecificWarnings> </ClCompile> <Link> <AdditionalDependencies>libprotoc.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies> <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\protobuf\cmake\build\solution\$(Configuration);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories> </Link> </ItemDefinitionGroup> <ItemGroup /> </Project>
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