Adjusted msvc compiler and linker settings to remove optimisations that are causing sporadic ABI issues on Visual Studio updates.

Tidied up debug and release configuration blocks in common project file to avoid duplication.

Updated appveyor config to use latest Visual Studio 2019 image.

Changed appveyor config file hash to use a new version of Qt pre-compiled binaries built for Visual Studio 2019 v16.8.1.

Bumped vcpkg version to tag '2020.11-1' for binary caching feature.

See #20392 for related discussion.

Github-Pull: #20506
Rebased-From: 8b99e609e7

.appveyor.yml

@@ -1,28 +1,29 @@
 version: '{branch}.{build}'
 skip_tags: true
-image: Previous Visual Studio 2019
+image: Visual Studio 2019
 configuration: Release
 platform: x64
 clone_depth: 5
 environment:
   PATH: 'C:\Python37-x64;C:\Python37-x64\Scripts;%PATH%'
   PYTHONUTF8: 1
-  QT_DOWNLOAD_URL: 'https://github.com/sipsorcery/qt_win_binary/releases/download/v1.6/Qt5.9.8_x64_static_vs2019.zip'
-  QT_DOWNLOAD_HASH: '9a8c6eb20967873785057fdcd329a657c7f922b0af08c5fde105cc597dd37e21'
+  QT_DOWNLOAD_URL: 'https://github.com/sipsorcery/qt_win_binary/releases/download/qt598x64_vs2019_v1681/qt598_x64_vs2019_1681.zip'
+  QT_DOWNLOAD_HASH: '00cf7327818c07d74e0b1a4464ffe987c2728b00d49d4bf333065892af0515c3'
   QT_LOCAL_PATH: 'C:\Qt5.9.8_x64_static_vs2019'
-  VCPKG_INSTALL_PATH: 'C:\tools\vcpkg\installed'
-  VCPKG_COMMIT_ID: '40230b8e3f6368dcb398d649331be878ca1e9007'
+  VCPKG_TAG: '2020.11-1'
 install:
 # Disable zmq test for now since python zmq library on Windows would cause Access violation sometimes.
 # - cmd: pip install zmq
-# Powershell block below is to install the c++ dependencies via vcpkg. The pseudo code is:
+# The powershell block below is to set up vcpkg to install the c++ dependencies. The pseudo code is:
 #    a. Checkout the vcpkg source (including port files) for the specific checkout and build the vcpkg binary,
-#    b. Install the missing packages using the vcpkg manifest.
+#    b. Append a setting to the vcpkg cmake config file to only do release builds of dependencies (skipping deubg builds saves ~5 mins).
+# Note originally this block also installed the dependencies using 'vcpkg install'. Dependencies are now installed
+# as part of the msbuild command using vcpkg mainfests.
 - ps: |
       cd c:\tools\vcpkg
       $env:GIT_REDIRECT_STDERR = '2>&1' # git is writing non-errors to STDERR when doing git pull. Send to STDOUT instead.
-      git pull origin master > $null
-      git -c advice.detachedHead=false checkout $env:VCPKG_COMMIT_ID
+      git -c advice.detachedHead=false checkout $env:VCPKG_TAG
+      git pull origin $env:VCPKG_TAG
       .\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat > $null
       Add-Content "C:\tools\vcpkg\triplets\$env:PLATFORM-windows-static.cmake" "set(VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE release)"
       cd "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER"

build_msvc/bitcoin-qt/bitcoin-qt.vcxproj

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>$(QtReleaseLibraries);%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
-      <AdditionalOptions>/ignore:4206</AdditionalOptions>
+      <AdditionalOptions>/ignore:4206 /LTCG:OFF</AdditionalOptions>
     </Link>
     <ResourceCompile>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>

build_msvc/common.init.vcxproj

@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <VCProjectVersion>16.0</VCProjectVersion>
-    <VcpkgTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">x86-windows-static</VcpkgTriplet>
-    <VcpkgTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">x64-windows-static</VcpkgTriplet>
     <UseNativeEnvironment>true</UseNativeEnvironment>
    </PropertyGroup>
 
@@ -16,6 +14,8 @@
     <VcpkgUseStatic>true</VcpkgUseStatic>
     <VcpkgAutoLink>true</VcpkgAutoLink>
     <VcpkgConfiguration>$(Configuration)</VcpkgConfiguration>
+    <VcpkgTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">x86-windows-static</VcpkgTriplet>
+    <VcpkgTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">x64-windows-static</VcpkgTriplet>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(WindowsTargetPlatformVersion)'=='' and !Exists('$(WindowsSdkDir)\DesignTime\CommonConfiguration\Neutral\Windows.props')">
@@ -45,66 +45,46 @@
     </ProjectConfiguration>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
-    <LinkIncremental>true</LinkIncremental>
-    <WholeProgramOptimization>false</WholeProgramOptimization>
-    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
+    <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
+    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
     <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
+    <GenerateManifest>No</GenerateManifest>
     <OutDir>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\$(ProjectName)\</OutDir>
     <IntDir>$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\$(ProjectName)\</IntDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
-    <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
-    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
-    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
+
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
+    <LinkIncremental>true</LinkIncremental>
+    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
     <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
     <OutDir>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\$(ProjectName)\</OutDir>
     <IntDir>$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\$(ProjectName)\</IntDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-<ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
-      <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
-      <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-      <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
-      <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
-    </Link>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
+<ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
     <ClCompile>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
-      <AdditionalOptions>/bigobj %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
-    </ClCompile>
-  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
-    <ClCompile>
-      <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
+      <WholeProgramOptimization>false</WholeProgramOptimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <DebugInformationFormat>None</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
-      <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
+      <EnableCOMDATFolding>false</EnableCOMDATFolding>
+      <OptimizeReferences>false</OptimizeReferences>
+      <AdditionalOptions>/LTCG:OFF</AdditionalOptions>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 
-  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
     <ClCompile>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
+      <WholeProgramOptimization>false</WholeProgramOptimization>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -124,7 +104,6 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
-      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <AdditionalDependencies>Iphlpapi.lib;ws2_32.lib;Shlwapi.lib;kernel32.lib;user32.lib;gdi32.lib;comdlg32.lib;advapi32.lib;shell32.lib;ole32.lib;oleaut32.lib;uuid.lib;odbc32.lib;odbccp32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
     <Lib>

build_msvc/common.vcxproj

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <Target Name="CopyBuildArtifacts" Condition="'$(ConfigurationType)' != 'StaticLibrary'">
     <ItemGroup>
       <BuildArtifacts Include="$(OutDir)$(TargetName)$(TargetExt)"></BuildArtifacts>
-      <BuildArtifacts Include="$(OutDir)$(TargetName).pdb"></BuildArtifacts>
+      <BuildArtifacts Include="$(OutDir)$(TargetName).pdb" Condition="Exists('$(OutDir)$(TargetName).pdb')"></BuildArtifacts>
     </ItemGroup>
     <Copy SourceFiles="@(BuildArtifacts)" SkipUnchangedFiles="true" DestinationFolder="..\..\src\" Condition="'$(OutDir)' != ''"></Copy>
   </Target>

build_msvc/test_bitcoin-qt/test_bitcoin-qt.vcxproj

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>$(QtLibraryDir)\Qt5Test.lib;$(QtReleaseLibraries);%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
-	  <AdditionalOptions>/ignore:4206</AdditionalOptions>
+      <AdditionalOptions>/ignore:4206 /LTCG:OFF</AdditionalOptions>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>$(QtDebugLibraries);%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
-	  <AdditionalOptions>/ignore:4206</AdditionalOptions>
+      <AdditionalOptions>/ignore:4206</AdditionalOptions>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>