Re: [boost] Running the regression tests

Subject: Re: [boost] Running the regression tests
From: Jurko Gospodnetić (jurko.gospodnetic_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-07-12 09:07:54

   Hi.

> Btw, is it possible to specify multiple toolsets in the user-config.jam?
> According to the
> http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?Boost.Build_V2/GettingStarted
>
> it seems to be possible, but I tried it without success.

   What exactly did you try and what were the results?

   user-config.jam, site-config.jam & project-config.jam are 
configuration files loaded by Boost Build at startup (actually 
test-config.jam as well but that one's kinda special). They may be used 
to configure one or more different toolsets available on the system.

   For instance, a project-config.jam I'm using at the moment for 
something contains:

> local cygwin-bin = "c:/PROGRA~2/Cygwin/bin" ;
> using gcc : 3 : $(cygwin-bin)/g++-3.exe
> :
>     <archiver>$(cygwin-bin)/ar.exe
>     <ranlib>$(cygwin-bin)/ranlib.exe
> ;
>
> using msvc : 9.0 ;

   As you can see - it can configure multiple toolsets. You can also 
easily configure multiple versions of a single toolset (if supported by 
the specific toolset you are configuring) as in:

> using msvc : 9.0 ;
> using msvc : 10.0 ;

   Or a toolset may support some customized initialization syntax, e.g. 
toolset msvc allows attempting to autodetect available toolset versions 
and configuring the toolset based on that automatically by specifying:

> using msvc : all ;

   Note that all this does not specify which toolset will actually be 
used for your build. It only configures specific toolsets in case some 
target needs to use them for its build. Usually this means that you 
still need to specify the toolset on the command line.

   Hope this helps.

   Best regards,
     Jurko Gospodnetić