Re: [boost] Running regression tests for msvc-14.2 (preview)

Subject: Re: [boost] Running regression tests for msvc-14.2 (preview)
From: Gavin Lambert (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-02-27 03:16:12

On 27/02/2019 01:55, Tom Kent wrote:
> I was hoping to start running regression tests for the upcoming Visual 
> Studio 2019 (toolset 14.2) and got stumped by an issue.
> 
> I've set a user-config.jam:
> 
> using msvc : 14.2 ;

14.2 isn't a valid toolset version yet.
https://github.com/boostorg/build/blob/develop/src/tools/msvc.jam

I assume that probably matters.

Have you tried it while specifying 14.1 but still from a VS2019 dev prompt?

> What is the msvc-setup.nup and where does it come from?

It looks like it gets generated from the above script -- when you use a 
supported version.

It probably should be better about reporting use of unknown versions -- 
this is the third query I've seen about this recently.