[boost] Re: vc8.0 toolset (bjam)

From: Tony Juricic (tonygeek_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-01 09:37:16

"John Maddock"  wrote:

> OK, thanks, toolset updated - in the long run though we should really be
> using the registry for this.

I very much agree. The first time that I read this:

# Some installations set MSVCDIR instead of MSVCDir; who knows why?
MSVCDir ?= $(MSVCDIR) ;

# If MSVCDir is not set the user hasn't run VCVARS32.BAT
if ! $(MSVCDir)

I couldn't help thinking: why do these people bother with this?

Tony