Re: [boost] [build] Algorithm for setting PATH when a 'run' or 'run-fail'

Subject: Re: [boost] [build] Algorithm for setting PATH when a 'run' or 'run-fail'
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-08-11 20:16:11

On 8/11/2015 2:33 PM, Edward Diener wrote:
> What is the algorithm for setting a PATH on Windows when the 'run' or
> 'run-fail' rule occurs in a jamfile ?
>
> In running clang on Windows when an executable is created the PATH needs
> to start with the bin directory of the mingw(-64)/gcc implementation
> that a particular version of clang uses as its RTL when the program is
> compiled/linked. It appears that when the 'run' or 'run-test' rule
> occurs with the clang toolset on Windows that the PATH is adjusted to
> have the directory of the clang++ executable and not that of the
> corresponding mingw(-64)/gcc RTL ? Is there any solution to this from
> within Boost Build ?

I figured this out. Please ignore.