Re: [boost] Testing clang in Windows using VC++ RTL with Boost libraries

Subject: Re: [boost] Testing clang in Windows using VC++ RTL with Boost libraries
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-10-15 11:53:56

On 10/14/2013 2:49 PM, Eric Niebler wrote:
> On 10/14/2013 11:11 AM, Edward Diener wrote:
>> I have been trying to test clang in Windows using the VC++ RTL with
>> Boost libraries but I am unable to do so with the clang toolset in
>> Boost Build. The main reason for this is that clang in the
>> configuration I want to test only takes a subset of the gcc
>> command-line options but the Boost Build clangtoolset is for clang on Linux ( or a Unix-like
>> environment on Windows like cygwin or MingW/msys ). I am neither
>> knowledgable enough or willing enough to try to create such a Boost
>> Build toolset myself.
>
> I reported a similar problem on the boost-build mailing list some time
> ago: http://lists.boost.org/boost-build/2013/10/27013.php
>
> I guess nothing has been done, and like you I'm not knowledgeable to fix it.

I also posted a message to the Boost Build forum recently about the need 
for a toolset with clang support for Windows using the VC++ RTL, but it 
was ignored.

>
>> So I am going to stop. I wish the clang people and Chandler Carruth best
>> of luck getting it to work for Windows using VC++ RTL.
>
> Yeah. I guess we wait until someone with the time and knowledge fixes it.