Re: [boost] Appveyor setup for msvc-14.1 toolset

Subject: Re: [boost] Appveyor setup for msvc-14.1 toolset
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-10-09 13:26:20

On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 7:59 AM, Edward Diener via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> I have added an Appveyor test to some Boost libraries, but if I specify
> toolset=msvc-9.0,msvc-10.0,msvc-11.0,msvc-12.0,msvc-14.0,msvc-14.1 on the
> b2 test script command line the run fails when it gets to 14.1, due to not
> finding 'cl',  but succeeds for the others. What is the magical Appveyor
> incantation to test the latest VC++ ? I would like to avoid the
> environment/matrix gunk I see in other appveyor.yml files, but if it is the
> only way to get msvc-14.1 tests with Appveyor I will use it.
>

You can't avoid it. As it requires different images to build restricted by
what's installed on each image <
https://www.appveyor.com/docs/build-environment/#pre-installed-software>

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