Re: [boost] [release] 1.64.0 please test master snapshot

Subject: Re: [boost] [release] 1.64.0 please test master snapshot
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-03-22 17:24:57

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Jürgen Hunold via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Hi Rene,
>
> Am Mittwoch, 22. März 2017, 10:11:28 CET schrieb Jürgen Hunold via Boost:
> > Windows 7 64bit
> > Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 64 bit
>
> After some digging around, I found that the PowerShell Version on the
> machines
> is
> ...\boost\tools\build\src\tools\vc141helper>powershell
> Windows PowerShell
> Copyright (C) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.
>
> PS ..\boost\tools\build\src\tools\vc141helper> $Host.Version
>
> Major  Minor  Build  Revision
> -----  -----  -----  --------
> 2      0      -1     -1
>
> whereas the $PSScriptRoot  Variable used in GetCLPath.ps1 is available from
> PowerShell 3+ (see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3667238/how-can-i-
> get-the-file-system-location-of-a-powershell-script) for possible
> solutions.
> But even if I hack
>
> if(!$PSScriptRoot){ $PSScriptRoot = Split-Path
> $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path -
> Parent }
>
> into the script, it then later bails out with more PS3 specific problems.
>
> TLDR; Auto-Detection is broken with PowerShell 2
>

Oh how I hate what Microsoft has brought onto the programming world.. We'll
work on fixing it after beta.

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