Re: [boost] [VS2017][release] vswhere.exe

Subject: Re: [boost] [VS2017][release] vswhere.exe
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-04-06 14:41:26

On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 9:32 AM, Peter Dimov via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]
> wrote:

> Tom Kent wrote:
>
> That doesn't help us for the installs of VS2017 that are already out there
>> and may not see updates. We definitely can't depend on users getting the VS
>> update in a timely manner.
>>
>
> We could first try the usual install locations, then if no installation is
> found there, try to use vswhere.exe, and if that also fails, well, there's
> always the fallback of using the 2017 command prompt. This would cover
> 99.4% of the users.
>

That's roughly the longer term plan.

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