Re: [boost] Re: how to use boost in VC6

From: Victor A. Wagner Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-25 16:33:34

At Monday 2005-04-25 10:46, you wrote:
>On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:03:56 -0700
>"Victor A. Wagner Jr." <vawjr_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> > At Monday 2005-04-25 04:42, you wrote:
> > >I recently downloaded a free C++ compiler from Microsoft, as a
> > >package called the "Visual C++ Toolkit 2003" - the compiler tells me
> > >that it is  a "Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version
> > >13.10.3077 for 80x86".
> >
> > This is NOT the VC6 compiler.  It is the compiler that comes with
> > vs.net2003 and is one of the compilers I use when running the
> > regression  tests for boost.
>
>
>Interesting.  I downloaded this so I could have a MS compiler version
>for testing portability changes.  However, I can not get it to work.  I
>installed it according to the recommendations, set VC71_ROOT to the
>directory above the bin directory of the installation, but got errors
>that bin\vcvars32.bat was unrecognized batch file, so I copied that file
>from the "root" down into the "bin" directory, but still get the same
>errors.  Funny, the compilations seem to try to execute, and it seems
>some work, but I get the batch file errors.  Maybe the compiles work
>because I ran the batch file already.  I also get linker errors looking
>for a library called msvcprtd.lib.
>
>Anyway, do you have any suggestions for how to get this config working?

I don't, I actually have vs.net2003 which is the installation I use.

>Thanks!
>
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