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

From: Reece Dunn (msclrhd_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-30 15:25:51

John Torjo wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I finally installed vc8 beta.
> 
> It seems that vc8-tools.jam has the path to the binary MSVC tools wrong:
> 
> It is:
> 
> VC80_ROOT ?= $(ProgramFiles:J=" ")"\\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 
> Whidbey\\VC7" ;
> 
> But I think it should be:
> 
> VC80_ROOT ?= $(ProgramFiles:J=" ")"\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\VC" ;
> 
> At least that's what's needed on my machine...

Yes. Same with mine. I posted this information for BBv2, so v2 gets it 
right :).

> As a side note, I got a lot of warnings:
> 
> cl : Command line warning D9035 : option 'GX' has been deprecated and 
> will be removed in a future release
> cl : Command line warning D9036 : use 'EHsc' instead of 'GX'

There are also a few other deprecated switches (like GS, I think). These 
have also been taken into account on BBv2, they just haven't filtered 
over to v1.

Also, as an aside, when I build a program with BBv2 using VC8, I get 
warnings of the form:

d:\devel\libraries\boost\1.31.0\libs\test\src\execution_monitor.cpp(572) 
: warning C4996: 'strncat' was declared deprecated
         C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 
8\VC\include\string.h(114) : see declaration of 'strncat'

The deprecated symbol warning should preferably be disabled via 
Boost.Build for this release (1.32) with the aim of possibly resolving 
them at some point during the preparation for the next (1.33) release.

Regards,
Reece