[boost] Re: (SOLVED) Trouble building latest CVS (Intel 7.1 and VC7)

From: Nicodemus (nicodemus_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-06-24 14:14:54

David Abrahams wrote:

>"John Maddock" <jm_at_[hidden]> writes:
>  
>
>>but that it isn't being turned on in the compiler - perhaps a boost.build
>>expert can jump in here....
>>    
>>
>
>The code which handles it is:
>
>    # tell the compiler about the base toolset.
>    if $(INTEL_BASE_MSVC_TOOLSET) = msvc
>    {
>        C++FLAGS += /Qvc6 ;
>        # no wchar_t support in vc6 dinkum library.
>    }
>    else
>    {
>        if $(version) > 5
>        {
>            # Add support for wchar_t
>            C++FLAGS += /Zc:wchar_t
>              # Tell the dinkumware library about it.
>              -D_NATIVE_WCHAR_T_DEFINED
>              ;
>        }
>
>        C++FLAGS += /Q$(INTEL_BASE_MSVC_TOOLSET) ;
>    }
>
>If your installation path for the compiler includes a "CompilerXX"
>element, where XX is a two-digit number, it will deduce the version
>from that.  Otherwise, you should set INTEL_VERSION to a one digit
>number, "7" in your case.  Note that if you installed Intel to use
>msvc6 as its back-end toolset, you won't get wchar_t support either
>because the standard library can't handle it.
>

Yes, that is the problem, my compiler is not installed in the usual 
folder. Setting INTEL_VERSION solved the problem. Thanks a lot Dave!

Regards,
Nicodemus.