Re: [Boost-build] [1.34] [showstopper] autolink doesn't work whennot specifyingtoolset version

From: Deane Yang (deane_yang_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-08 12:23:38

Rene Rivera wrote:
> John Maddock wrote:
>> Vladimir Prus wrote:
>>> Actually, I have an update. On IRC, Rene came up with a one-line patch
>>> that probably works in cases where msvc is installed in standard
>>> location.
>>> The patch is:
>>>
>>>        http://rafb.net/p/1pCk6V21.html
>>>
>>> can you probably try it? Rene's asleep, and there's no way I'll have
>>> access to msvc today.
>> Tested with VC-8 express edition installed in the default location: and it 
>> does do the right thing WRT naming.  Explicitly specifiying the toolset 
>> version seems to do the right thing as well (tested with vc-7.1 and vc-7.0).
> 
> OK... I've done equivalent testing with msvc-8.0, msvc-7.1, forcing a 
> fake msvc-9.2, and compared it to what gcc.jam does. And I checked the 
> change into HEAD. So now I'm waiting for Thomas to show up so I can ask 
> him permission to check it into RC.
> 
> 

It would be great, if this makes it into 1.34. I had run into this 
problem and was baffled that no one else was complaining about it. I 
thought it was just me.

Deane